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November 17, 2004

Certified: PW6000 Heavy Breather

P&W Earns FAR 33 Certification For 100 Pax Jet Engines

Pratt & Whitney successfully completed FAA FAR 33 certification testing on the company's PW6000 engine last month, earning FAR 33 status on Nov. 11. During the FAR 33 certification test program, the engine completed more than 10 demanding engine certification tests and concluded these tests ahead of schedule last month.

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Five Hurt In BA Plane Fire

Some PAX Didn't Even Know There Was A Problem

Five firefighters were slightly hurt at Boston's Logan Interntational Airport Monday night as they doused flames aboard a flight that had just arrived from Heathrow Airport in London.

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First The FAs, Now The Pilots

UAL Cuts Flights, Pilots Review Concession Package

United Airlines, mired in bankruptcy for two years now, has cut flights to more than 25 cities as pilot sat down Monday to look over the company's latest request for wage concessions.

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Despite Financing, Concessions, Delta Issues Another Bankruptcy Warning

Airline Says High Fuel Prices May Drive It Under

A billion dollars' worth of pilot concessions and another $1 billion in financing from the likes of American Express and General Electric may not be enough to save Delta Airlines from bankruptcy, according to airline executives in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2004-23-06 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-23-06 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 757-200, -200PF, -200CB, and -300 series airplanes, that requires inspection for damage of the W2800 wire bundle insulation, wire conductor, the wire bundle clamp bracket, and the BACC10GU clamp, and repair or replacement with new or serviceable parts, if necessary.

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AD: Airbus

AD NUMBER: 2004-23-04 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-23-04 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A319 and A320 series airplanes, that requires a modification and replacement affecting all fuel tanks. All affected airplanes require the installation of fuses in the wiring of the fuel quantity indicating probes of all fuel tanks.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2004-23-14 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-23-14 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 767-200, -300,and -300F series airplanes. This AD requires reworking the surface of the ground stud brackets of the transformer rectifier unit (TRU) and the airplane structure mounting surface, and measuring the resistance from the bracket to the structure and the ground lug to the bracket using a bonding meter.

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AD: McDonnell Douglas

AD NUMBER: 2004-23-11 MANUFACTURER: McDonnell Douglas SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-23-11 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-14 and DC-9-15 airplanes; and Model DC-9-20, DC-9-30, DC-9-40, and DC-9-50 series airplanes.

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