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US Department of Transport: "FAA is inadequate to prevent bird-strikes"

Washington, USA - Episodes have grown fivefold since 1990

The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration, the highest authority for civil aviation in the United States) does not carry on proper inspection practices for bird-strike prevention, according to a report released by the US Transportation Department’s inspector general. The FAA failed to act against eight airports, which were randomly selected, for violation of their bird-strike prevention policies o...

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Rome, Italy, 08/27/2012 16:19
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