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Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 Airplanes
Washington, USA - To ensure that, in the event of an engine fire, the valve actuator functions properly to block the fuel flow to the engine and prevent an uncontrollable fire.
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 160)] [Page 47706-47707] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationAD FAA on the General Electric Company (GE) CF6-80 Series Turbofan Engines
Washington, USA - To detect and prevent cracks in the bottoms of the dovetail slots that could propagate to failure of the disk and cause an uncontained engine failure
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 160)] [Page 47717-47725] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Stemme GmbH & Co. KG Models S10, S10-V, and S10-VT Sailplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent a loose bearing in the aileron control lever, which could result in separation of the aileron control system. Separation of the aileron control system could lead to loss of aileron control
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 160)] [Page 47714-47717] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationIn the night new Israeli air raid to Gaza: hit an house of a refugee camp, two injured
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Incursions by land at the boundary by the Zionist Army, supported by Uavs
The Israeli Air Force has made this night an incursion in the Gaza Strip bombing an house in a refugee camp on the north of the area. This is what has been retailed by local sources. According to Israel... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on GROB-WERKE GMBH & CO KG Model G102 ASTIR CS Sailplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent cracks in the spherical locking bolt, which could result in failure of the horizontal stabilizer connection. This failure could lead to loss of control.
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 160)] [Page 47702-47706] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on B-N Group Ltd. BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN- 2T, and BN-2T-4R Series Airplanes
Washington, USA - To identify and correct an unsafe conditions on an aviation product
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 156)] [Page 46395-46396] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on DG Flugzeugbau GmbH Model DG-1000S Sailplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent the rigging of the horizontal stabilizer without properly connecting the elevator, which, if not prevented, could lead to an inoperative elevator
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 156)] [Page 46393-46395] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135BJ Airplanes
Washington, USA - To detect and correct such discrepancies on the forward baggage compartment partition, which, in the event of a fire in the baggage compartment, could result in smoke propagating into the main cabin
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Civil aviationFAA AD on the Turbomeca Arriel 1B, 1D, 1D1, and 1S1 Turboshaft Engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent in-flight engine shutdown and subsequent forced autorotation landing or accident
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 156)] [Page 46390-46393] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Agusta S.p.A. Model AB-139 helicopters
Washington, USA - Procedures for a detailed visual inspection for cracks on the tailpipes
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 Directorate Identifier 2006-SW-20-AD;... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes
Washington, USA - To detect and correct improper adjustment of the flight idle fuel flow setting
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 160)] [Page 47697-47699] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationAD FAA on Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 Airplanes
Washington, USA - To identify and correct an unsafe conditions on an aviation product
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Civil aviationCIA flights: the Austrian weekly newspaper "Profil" relates the deposition of two people seized in Jordan in 2002 and 2003
Vienna, Austria - One of their should have had contacts with Abu Omar
The Austrian weekly newspaper "Profil", in the number of today, relates the deposition of two persons seized by CIA in Jordan respectively in 2002 and 2003. The first deposition is that of Gamal Menshawi,... more
Civil aviationICAO: extraordinary meeting in September
Montreal, Canada - In order to talk about security emergency in air transport
The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will meet from September 11 to 15 in Montreal, in order to talk about the terrorist threat recently raised by the thwarted plot of August... more
Civil aviationUSA: emerge the details about the hijacked flight in the Boston Airport
Boston, USA - "Terrified, not terrorist!"
The woman that two days ago has provoked the hijacking of the flight 923 United Airlines, left from London and directed to Washington, for her bizarre behaviour now risks severe conviction to have resisted... more
Civil aviationTerrorism alarm: airport in West Virginia evacuated
Huntington, West Virginia - Found a bottle maybe with explosive inside in the baggages of a woman passengers
It seems to be never-ending the terrorism alert in US airports. And neither the little air stations aer excluded by the alarms, real or false, that cause discomforts and flight delays. The last one to... more
Civil aviationAnti-explosive system of Switzerland studied by EU
Brusselles, Belgium - The EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini wants to quicken times of study
Among the many proposals emerged from the meeting of yesterday in London between the Interior Ministers of European Union there is also the one advanced by the Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini to adopt... more
Civil aviationUK: Frattini forecasts a series of operational anti-terrorism proposals in the meeting of the European Ministers in London
London, United Kingdom - Harmonizing the security measures in all the European Airports
One of the central subject of the European Ministers’ meeting that yesterday took place in London has been: harmonizing the security measures in all the European Airports. In the meeting also the Vice-President U... more
Civil aviationSixty-year-old woman panicked on board makes start the terrorism alarm
Boston, Usa - It's happened yesterday in a United Airlines flight, tha plane made an emergency landing at Boston
A nerve crisis that until a few time ago would had caused irritation or maybe hilarity, has sent on emergency the 182 passengers, 12 crew members of a United Airlines flight, as well as the civil and military... more
Civil aviationUK: reduced the restrictions the hand luggage on the flight
London, United Kingdom - Turned down the level of alert from "critical" to "grave"
The British government has retailed that since today, to passengers will be allowed to take a hand luggage on flight, prohibition removed following the turned down of the alert’s level from "critical" t... more
Civil aviationA project of non-hijackable airplanes
Paris, France - European researchers want to complete it within 2008
European researchers want to complete an ambitious program to fight menaces on board airplanes within 2008, through the creation of non-hijackable aircraft, endowed with a computer system able to detect... more
Civil aviationEU Commission: each State is responsable for air transport safety
Brussels, Belgium - AEA and ACI Europe stands for it
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) and the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) said they are satisfied about European Commission’s report which declared that protection of European c... more
Civil aviationEurocontrol: security alert in the United Kingdom
Brussels, Belgium - It was established in the early morning of yesterday
A security alert was established in the early morning of Thursday 10 August 2006 in the United Kingdom and, as a result, exceptional security measures were adopted to check airline passengers and their... more
Civil aviationArgentina: false alarm to the Ezeiza Airport of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Suspicious abandoned package into a ladies toilette
Around 11 a.m. of this morning, is released the bomb alert also in the international Ezeiza Airport of Buenos Aires, provoked by a suspicious abandoned package in one of the toilette of the airport. The... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier model CL-600-2B19 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent short circuit failures of certain AC contactors, which could result in arcing and consequent smoke or fire
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 153)] [Page 45364-45367] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10, DC- 10-10F, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, and DC-10-40F airplanes (2006-16-12)
Washington, Usa - To reduce the potential of ignition sources inside fuel tanks in the event of a lightning strike, which could result in fuel tank explosions, and consequent loss of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 153)] [Page 45368-45370] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model MD-90-30 airplanes (2006-16-09)
Washington, Usa - To prevent arcing on the in-tank side of the fueling valve during a lightning strike, which could result in an ignition source that could ignite fuel vapor and cause a fuel tank explosion
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 153)] [Page 45370-45371] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-200B, 747-200C, 747- 200F, 747-300, and 747SR series airplanes (2006-16-10)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cracking or heat damage of the skin and internal structure of the engine struts, which could result in extensive damage to the engine struts and consequent possible separation of an engine from the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 153)] [Page 45363-45364] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 737-700 and 737-800 series airplanes (2006-16-11)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct such cracking, which could result in more extensive fatigue cracking and lead to possible loss of cabin pressure
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Civil aviationUK: foiled terrorist attack in London
London, United Kingdom - Joint operation between Scotland Yard and the Security Service MI5
This morning, the British police has foiled in the London area a terrorist attack having the purpose to "Shoot down more aircraft in flight, provoking the loss of a lot of human lives", has retailed John... more
Civil aviationA new terroristic cell has been dismantled in Morocco
Rabat, Morocco - 44 people have been charged to plan terroristic attempts on national territory
Morocco’s Territory Security General National Direction (DGCST) arrested 44 people, among which five military experts in explosive use, charged to plan terroristic attempts in their homeland. This new c... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on ATR-42 and ATR-72 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of a MLG, which could result in significant structural damage to the airplane and possible injury to the occupants
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 8, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 152)] [Page 44883-44885] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationAmerican Airlines Flight for Boston reverses for security reasons
London, United Kingdom - A name of the "No Fly List" among passengers
A Boeing 777 of the American Airlines in flight from London to Boston, with on board 240 passengers and 13 member of the crew, just after the take off has reversed and has returned in the Heathrow Airport... more
Civil aviationThe acts of Moussaoui process have been published on line
Washington, USA - Documents, photos and audio files concerning September 11 attacks
Alexandria Federal Court, Virginia, decided to publish on its web site almost all accusation and defense acts of the process against Zacarias Moussaoui, who were condamned on the field of terroristic attempts... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pratt & Whitney PW-4164, PW-4168, and PW-4168A series turbofan engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent front pylon mount bolt and primary mount thrust load path failure, which could result in an engine separating from the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 4, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 150)] [Page 44185-44187] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-81, DC-9-82 , DC-9-83, DC-9-87, and MD-88 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent arcing on the in-tank side of the fueling valve during a lightning strike, which could result in an ignition source that could ignite fuel vapor and cause a fuel tank explosion
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 149)] [Page 43961-43962] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) 250-B and 250-C series turboshaft and turboprop engines
Washington, Usa - To minimize the risk of sudden loss of engine power and uncommanded shutdown of the engine due to fuel contamination and collapse of the screen in the fuel nozzle
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 149)] [Page 43964-43967] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10, DC- 10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, and DC-10-40F airplanes (2006-16-03)
Washington, Usa - To reduce the potential of ignition sources inside fuel tanks in the event of a severe lightning strike, which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in fuel tank explosions and consequent loss of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 149)] [Page 43962-43964] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationSeptember 11: the Pentagon will reply to perjury accusations
Washington, USA - According to the enquiry commission, US Defense lied
The Pentagon General Inspector is going to publish soon a report on perjury accusations against US Defense managers concerning the investigations on September 11, 2001 attacks. The enquiry commission said... more
Civil aviationEU Commission: little transparency in security measures funding
Brussels, Belgium - The current system distorts competitiveness
The European Commission complained that funding methods of security measures in air and maritime transport is not much transparent, which generates a competitiveness distortion. According to the Commission... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation model S- 92A helicopters
Washington, Usa - To prevent fatigue failure of the MGB housing, loss of MGB lube oil, loss of main and tail rotor drive, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: August 1, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 147)] [Page 43352-43354] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Fokker model F-28 Mark 0070 and 0100 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the sliding window heating element(s), due to electrical overload, which could result in smoke and fire in the cockpit
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 31, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 146)] [Page 43033-43035] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 737-300, -400, -500, -600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent problem that can inhibit communication between the flightcrew and the control tower, affecting the continued safe flight of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 31, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 146)] [Page 43037-43039] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationAnti-missile systems for scheduled aircraft
Washington, USA - A goal distant twenty years
Before to see a system able to efficiently protect the civilian aircraft to attacks carried out with little transportable missiles could still want to twenty years. The systems based on laser developed... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Raytheon (Beech) model 400 and 400A series airplanes (2006-15-16)
Washington, Usa - To prevent the loss of normal electrical power, damage to some electrical components, or blown fuses during flight, and consequent unrecoverable loss of some or all essential equipment
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 31, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 146)] [Page 43039-43041] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-9-81, DC-9-82, DC-9-83, DC-9-87, and MD-88 airplanes (2006-15-15)
Washington, Usa - To prevent shorted wires or arcing at the auxiliary hydraulic pump, which could result in loss of auxiliary hydraulic power, or a fire in the wheel well of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 31, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 146)] [Page 43035-43036] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Hamilton Sundstrand model 14RF-19 propellers (2006-16-01)
Washington, Usa - To prevent actuator yoke arms breaking during flight, which could cause high propeller vibration and contribute to reduced controllability of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 31, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 146)] [Page 43041-43043] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter Canada Limited model BO-105 LS A-3 helicopters (2006-15-14)
Washington, Usa - To prevent fatigue failure of the fixed bolts and nuts, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 144)] [Page 42576-42577] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McCauley Propeller Systems Propeller models B5JFR36C1101/114GCA-0, C5JFR36C1102/L114GCA-0, B5JFR36C1103/ 114HCA-0, and C5JFR36C1104/L114HCA-0
Washington, Usa - To detect cracks in the propeller blade that could cause failure and separation of the propeller blade and loss of control of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 143)] [Page 42258-42260] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter France model AS-365N2, AS-365 N3, EC-155B, EC-155B1, SA-365N, N1, and SA-366G1 helicopters (2006-16-15R1)
Washington, Usa - To detect a crack in an MGB base plate and prevent failure of one of the MGB attachment points to the frame, which could result in severe vibration and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 143)] [Page 42254-42258] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more