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Plane With First Lady Came Too Close to Cargo Jet

WASHINGTON -- Air traffic controllers directed a plane carrying first lady Michelle Obama to abort a landing at Andrews Air Force Base because it was too close to a military cargo jet, officials said Tuesday, in yet another embarrassment for the Federal Aviation Administration. While there apparently was little risk to...

TSA Probes Pilot Critical of Airport Security

SAN FRANCISCO - A pilot who posted videos on YouTube that were critical of security at San Francisco International Airport is now the subject of an investigation, the pilot's attorney says. The pilot placed several videos on YouTube in late November or early December that showed how ground crew members can enter secure...

TSA Chief Says No Body Cavity Searches

WASHINGTON (Nov. 22) -- Today's airline travelers may have to endure intimate pat-downs and scanners that create revealing body images, but there's one humiliation they won't have to face, at least not yet: body cavity searches. "We're not going to be in the business of doing body cavities," John Pistole, the head of the...

JFK Pilot Says He's No Hero; Why He's Right

ANALYSIS (Sept. 30) -- The hubbub surrounding the pilot who made an emergency landing at New York's Kennedy International Airport last weekend had reached such a level of adulation by Thursday that he felt compelled to clear the air. "I'm no hero," he said. On that point, Capt. Jack Conroyd is correct. Not that it...

Severe Turbulence Injures 25 on LA-Bound Flight

(July 21) -- A United Airlines flight was cruising at 34,000 feet toward Los Angeles with drinks sitting on tray tables when severe turbulence lurched the jetliner, sending the cabin into disarray and injuring 25 of the 265 people aboard, the airline said today. "I saw at least two people hit the ceiling," passenger...

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05/27/12 Authorities: 4 killed in airport plane crash from S.... Source: FOX - KDSM 17 - Des Moines IA An official says the four people killed in a plane crash at a municipal airport in southern Utah were from the St. George area.
05/25/12 Passengers restrain man on an American flight from... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK An unruly passenger on board an American Airlines flight from Jamaica had to be restrained by passengers after landing in Miami today.
05/25/12 Expert: Air Safety Has Improved Dramatically Since... Source: CBS Local Friday marks the anniversary of the deadliest commercial aircraft accident in the U.S. â the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 near O'Hare International Airport.
05/24/12 TSA: More caught with guns in bags Source: ABC - KNXV-TV 15.com - Phoenix AZ Packing guns in carry-on bags appears to be an increasing trend in Phoenix, according to TSA officials.
05/24/12 Implant Sciences Expands Commercial Deployments in... Source: StockHouse WILMINGTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/24/12 -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced shipments of its Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 handheld explosives detectors to customers in Nigeria, Uganda, and the Republic of Mali.

Background on Air safety

Air safety is a term encompassing the theory, investigation and categorization of flight failures, and the prevention of such failures through regulation, education and training.

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