Safety Board Faults FAA Runway Safety Effort
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A near-collision between a jumbo jet  and another plane in August prompted U.S. safety investigators  on Tuesday to classify as unacceptable aviation regulators'  efforts to improve runway safety.
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A single-engine plane tried to take off from the wrong runway less than three months after a deadly crash in which a jet mistakenly took off on the same strip, the Federal Aviation Administration told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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As the National Transportation Safety Board prepared to vote on the final cause of the crash of American Flight 587 three years ago, investigators today told the
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The Federal Aviation Administration needs to improve its software acquisition process and overcome weaknesses that could lead to cost overruns, schedule delays and performance shortfalls, the Government Accountability Office has concluded in two new
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Comair sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday, saying the agency was negligent in having only one air traffic controller on duty last year when a plane took off from the wrong runway and crashed, killing 49 people.
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A shortage of experienced air traffic controllers has resulted in a "staffing emergency" that is jeopardizing safety in the sky and on runways in Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Southern California, according to the union representing the nation's 14,800 controllers.
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The lone air traffic controller on duty the morning Comair Flight 5191 crashed cleared the jet for takeoff, then turned his back to do some "administrative duties" as the aircraft veered down the wrong runway, a federal investigator said Tuesday.
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An airport where a plane took off from the wrong runway and crashed last year had put together a plan to help it comply with federal guidelines on staffing in air control towers but never enacted it, a staffing study showed.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is now releasing new information as to what caused major delays for air travelers at several southern California airports.
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Investigators on Monday were trying to determine how two new aircraft equipped with the latest anti-collision technology clipped each other in flight. A crash that followed killed 155 people, the nation's worst air disaster.
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The Comair Flight 5191 crew began the day by powering up the wrong plane. Then they took off down the wrong runway. The lone air traffic controller, working alone in violation of FAA policy, had turned his back to do other duties. Investigators are uncovering a series of mistakes before the plane crashed, killing 49 people.
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The nation&#39;s civil aviation watchdog vowed Monday to develop tighter controls to ensure safer flights. Safety supervision will top the administration&#39;s efforts next year as potentially
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LOS ANGELES -- Two airliners came within 8,000 feet of each other on a Los Angeles International Airport runway last week after an air traffic controller miscommunicated with the pilots, authorities said.
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Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than the government previously recognized.
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US space agency Nasa is criticised for issuing an incomplete and unanalysed   report on air safety.
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A cargo plane used for President Bush's campaign visit to New Mexico last week damaged a runway at the Las Cruces airport, city officials said Tuesday.
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Comair has begun warning pilots to use "extreme caution" when navigating runways at the airport where a crash killed 49 people last month, saying some diagrams aren't accurate, according to an e-mail obtained Monday by The Associated Press.