TSA to finally screen air cargo on passenger flights
TSA announced they have reached an agreement with the European Union, that TSA and the Directorate-General for Energy and Transport will screen at least 50% of all air cargo in the US and EU carried by passenger planes, by February, 2009.
Warning: State Department Travel Alerts could save your life
Before you take your next international trip, remember to review of US State Department Travel Alerts and country-specific information. The information might save your life. It could have made a different to the young couple from Bend, Ore., that was savagely attacked in the city of Esmeraldas, on Ecuador’s northern coast last week.
State Department issues unusual Mexico travel alert
The State Department has issued a strongly-worded Travel Alert for US citizens traveling and living in Mexico. Bottom line: next time you go south of the border, you have to be street smart.
NASA will release uncensored flight safety data tomorrow
Remember that controversial pilot survey conducted by NASA last year? Then you’ll probably also recall the uproar when, under pressure, the agency released the information earlier this year — albeit in what it calls a “redacted” form.
If those cancelled flights made you feel safer on American Airlines, think again
It’s only been five months since that horrendous travel week in late March when American Airlines canceled hundreds of flights with their MD80 airplanes, and some passengers were stuck for days, especially at Dallas/Ft Worth airport.
Study: runway incursions scare experts
Despite the recent grounding of thousands of flights, aviation specialists say runway collisions are what worry them the most.
Gun restrictions under review
Gun advocates have lobbied Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to review the ban against bringing loaded weapons into national parks and wildlife areas.
United flight makes emergency landing
United Airlines Flight 637 from Philadelphia to Chicago made an emergency landing at Pittsburgh International Airport after encountering a pressurization problem.
Passenger duct-taped on flight
A man who allegedly attacked a United Airlines flight attendant on a flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles was subdued by passengers and bound with duct-tape.
FAA continues cover-up crackdown
The Federal Aviation Administration announced yesterday that the top-two managers of an air traffic control facility in Dallas-Fort Worth had been removed from their jobs.