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May 06, 2004

What Is It About UAL 200?

LAX-Dulles Flight Pegged For Special Scrutiny

What has the TSA so interested in United Airlines Flight 200? That evening flight from Los Angeles to Washington (DC) appears to be under intense government scrutiny.

Temporary Bomb Detection Stations To Be Built In Two Terminals

For passengers at DFW Airport (TX), the word of the day is "shlep." By the end of this month, passengers will have to carry, drag, hustle -- shlep -- their checked luggage through temporary bomb detection stations in terminals B and E. The TSA has ordered the Texas airport to begin testing all luggage for explosives by May 31st.

Live Frog Hops Out Of Passenger's Salad

When you eat on board a commercial flight these days, every bite is precious. A bag of peanuts is nice. A cold sandwich is the passenger's equivalent of gastronomic Valhalla. But a salad... when was the last time you saw one of those in the air? So imagine the surprise of a Qantas passenger headed from Melbourne, Australia, to Wellington, New Zealand, when she attacked her salad, fork in hand -- and a frog jumped out of the bowl.

AD NUMBER: 2004-09-23 MANUFACTURER: Fokker SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-09-23 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Fokker Model F27 Mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections of the control panel of the direct current (DC) generator for discrepancies, and replacement of any discrepant part. This action is necessary to prevent loss of both DC generator systems and loss of several other airplane systems, which could lead to the pilot's inability to maintain controlled flight. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.