Monthly Archive: September 2011

Fake bomb threat forces emergency landing in Oakland – The Oakland Tribune

A phony bomb threat against a flight arriving from Seattle on Monday morning forced an emergency landing and a search of everyone on board, officials said. Alaska Airlines Flight 342, which included six crew members and 126 passengers, was in the air about 6:45 a.m. when an employee at San Francisco International Airport found a …

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Trans States’ third E-145 runway excursion in the rain at Ottawa – Ottawa Citizen

The United Express plane that slid into a field Sunday was the third Embraer 145 jet from the same company, Trans States Airlines, to overshoot the runway at Ottawa International Airport while attempting to land during rain. Trans States Airlines is a regional carrier headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri, that operates as United Express for United …

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NTSB Releases report on CHQ E135 turbulence upset that injured 10 near Milwaukee on 11/30/10 – The Aviation Herald

The NTSB released their factual report reporting, that the flight’s dispatch package contained significant meteorological information (SIGMET) Victor 1, which indicated occasional severe turbulence between 14,000 feet and FL240 also reporting turbulence had been reported by flightcrews. Based on that SIGMET the dispatcher planned the flight for 13,000 feet. Air Traffic Control in Saint Louis …

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Airworthiness Directive Issued for Falcon 7X – Flying Magazine

EASA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) in response to the runaway trim incident that temporarily grounded the Falcon 7X fleet in May. Most of the fleet was shortly returned to service. The new AD, developed in conjunction with Dassault, calls for a modification of the fly-by-wire system to allow for earlier failure detection and …

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