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October 27, 2004

NTSB: Pilot Error Probable Cause In AAL 587 Tragedy

Co-Pilots Rudder Movements "Unnecessary And Aggressive"

The way AAL 587 copilot Sten Molin manipulated the Airbus A300-600's rudder pedals was the probable cause of the November 2001 crash that killed all 260 people on board, as well as five on the ground, according to an NTSB investigator who spoke in Washington Tuesday.

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ATA: Bankrupt

Thirty-One Years Of Service In Jeopardy

ATA, the nation's tenth-largest airline, was set to file bankruptcy on Tuesday, hiring its former CFO back as "chief of restructuring." Like other airline bankruptcies of late, you can chalk this one up, in part, to rising fuel costs and shrinking fares. However, unlike other recent airline bankruptcies, this one may very well end in liquidation or at least a merger, according to ALPA executive Erik Enghdal.

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Britain's Green Party Pledges To Oppose Airport Expansion

Not All That Is Green Is Growing

Britain's Green Party says it will back the "Airports Pledge" campaign -- designed to foil the government's attempts to expand aviation facilities in the UK. It's a broad indictment of the aviation industry in general, saying plans to expand both Stansted and Heathrow airports is bad for the environment.

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Last 757 To Roll Off The Assembly Line

Boeing Will Make No More

It will be the end of an era Thursday when the last 757 rolls off Boeing's final assembly line in Renton (WA). Boeing 757 number 1050 will be the last of its kind, the first company model retired since 1991.

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TSA Deploys Explosives Trace Portal to New York’s JFK

Will Remain During Entire 90-Day Pilot Program

The TSA Monday said it has deployed an explosives detection trace portal from Smiths Detection of Pine Brook (NJ). This is TSA’s first deployment of a Smiths Detection trace portal, and it will remain at JFK for at least 90 days during the trace portal pilot program. It will be placed in Terminal One of New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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AD Correction: Bombardier

AD NUMBER: 2004-18-03 MANUFACTURER: Bombardier (Correction) SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-18-03 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700 & 701), and CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) series airplanes.

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AD Correction: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2004-19-10 MANUFACTURER: Boeing (Correction) SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-19-10 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections for co

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