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- Safety
expert: Aircraft wiring a 'time bomb' (Nov 27, 2000 05:13PM)
Safety expert: Aircraft wiring a `time bomb` Conference calls for circuit
breakers that detect deadly faults By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY September
22, 1999 ALBUQUERQUE — Malfunctioning electrical wires on aging airliners
are a ``ti...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/wiring/w008.htm
- The
FAA's draft report on aircraft wiring problems (Oct 18, 2000 05:13PM)
The FAA`s draft report on aircraft wiring problems Chapter 1: Introduction
In June of 1998 the Air Transport Association (ATA) formed the Aging
Systems Task Force (ASTF) to review the effectiveness of maintenance
on electrica...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/bt0055.htm
- Draft
report on aircraft wiring (Oct 18, 2000 05:18PM)
Draft report on aircraft wiring Transport Aircraft Intrusive Inspection
Project (An Analysis Of The Wire Installations Of Six Decommissioned
Aircraft) Draft Final Report Prepared by The Intrusive Inspection Working
Group
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/bt0054.htm
- Report:
Faulty wiring a threat to public (Nov 27, 2000 05:13PM)
Report: Faulty wiring a threat to public Recommendations to deal with
issue set for March By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY November 20, 2000 NEW
YORK — A new report by President Clinton`s National Science and Technology
Council conclude...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/wiring/w011.htm
- Index
of airplane wiring stories (Nov 27, 2000 02:35PM)
Index of airplane wiring stories Federal report: Faulty wiring a threat
to public — Nov. 20, 2000 Government to probe safety of aging wiring
— June 2, 2000 Inspect wiring often, retired admiral says — Sept. 23,...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/wiring/index.htm
- Airplane
wiring flies back into spotlight (Nov 27, 2000 05:14PM)
Airplane wiring flies back into spotlight More inspections, task force,
test results on the way By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY September 13, 1999
A spate of recent developments has vaulted aircraft wiring into the
forefront of aviation saf...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/wiring/w007.htm
- Experts
seek way to make plane wiring safer (Nov 27, 2000 02:34PM)
Experts seek way to make plane wiring safer By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY
September 9, 1999 The nation`s top wiring experts have been meeting
privately since late last year to figure out how to improve the safety
of aircraft electrical wi...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/wiring/w006.htm
- Cracks
found in jet wiring (Oct 11, 2000 10:07AM)
Cracks found in jet wiring FAA scrutinized airlines` old planes Oct.
11, 2000 By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY Experts say wiring report obscures
gravity of problem Old airline jets might be flying with thousands of
cracks in their ele...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/bt0052.htm
- FAA:
Fliers should not worry about wiring (Oct 11, 2000 11:51PM)
FAA: Fliers should not worry about wiring By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Faced with mounting concern about electrical wire on aging
planes, a top Federal Aviation Administration official said Wednesday
that passengers s...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncswed15.htm
- Airplane
wiring gets closer look (Nov 27, 2000 01:52PM)
Airplane wiring gets closer look Was electrical wiring to blame for
two unsolved plane crashes? Airline and government officials are looking
more critically at the safety of wiring on passenger jets.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/wiring/w005.htm
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- Inspect
wiring often, retired admiral says (Nov 27, 2000 05:12PM)
Inspect wiring often, retired admiral says By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY
September 23, 1999 ALBUQUERQUE — A type of electrical wire that runs
throughout nearly half of all airline jets is prone to fail and should
be regularly inspect...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/wiring/w009.htm
- Aging
wiring probed (Nov 27, 2000 02:34PM)
Aging wiring probed `National concern` over plane, shuttle, nuclear
plant safety By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY June 2, 2000 The Clinton administration
plans to form a research group next week to probe the safety of aging
wiring in airplan...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/wiring/w010.htm
- U.S.
knew of wiring flaws years before TWA crash (Jun 28, 2001 02:51
PM)
U.S. knew of wiring flaws years before TWA crash By Gary Stoller, USA
TODAY Smoke and a burning electrical smell seeped into the passenger
cabin of an arriving SAS jet as it taxied to a terminal in Copenhagen,
Denmark. All 110 passengers scrambled...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2001-06-14-wiring.htm
- Experts
offer varied solutions (Nov 27, 2000 01:38PM)
Experts offer varied solutions By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY November 9,
1998 Cover story: Wired for trouble Boeing: No kind of wire is perfect
Military and private-industry wiring experts say airplane wiring can
be made safer.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/wiring/w003.htm
- Expert
says report obscures gravity of problem (Oct 11, 2000 10:26AM)
Expert says report obscures gravity of problem Oct. 11, 2000 By Gary
Stoller, USA TODAY FAA wiring report reveals cracked wiring on old jets
A Federal Aviation Administration task force report on aircraft wiring
is being denoun...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/bt0053.htm
- Cover
story: Wired for trouble (Nov 27, 2000 02:33PM)
Cover story: Wired for trouble Cracked, chafed wiring insulation that
could cause electrical shorts or arcing -- and a fire -- may be hidden
in aging airliners By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY November 9, 1998
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/wiring/w002.htm
- (Oct 06, 2000 02:05PM)
FAA orders wiring inspections on Boeing 727s WASHINGTON - The Federal
Aviation Administration ordered inspections on electrical wiring found
in the fuel tanks of Boeing 727s Monday, and directed aircraft operators
to wrap all the wires w...
http://www.usatoday.com/life/travel/business/1999/t0525fa.htm
- Air
safety's frayed link (Nov 27, 2000 01:11AM)
Air safety`s frayed link Electrical wiring on most airline jets is covered
with an insulation known as Kapton that the U.S. Navy declared too hazardous
for its jets in the 1980s. Federal Aviation Administration officials
say Kapton p...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/acovmon.htm
- Damage
to Boeing jets being investigated (Jun 20, 2001 02:44 PM)
Damage to Boeing jets being investigated SEATTLE (AP) — Suspicious damage
was found to the wiring of up to 10 Boeing 737 jetliners undergoing
final assembly, the company said Thursday. Boeing has since increased
security at its plant in the...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/june01/2001-06-07-boeing-damage.htm
- Damage
to Boeing jets being investigated (Jun 20, 2001 02:41 PM)
Damage to Boeing jets being investigated SEATTLE (AP) — Suspicious damage
was found to the wiring of up to 10 Boeing 737 jetliners undergoing
final assembly, the company said Thursday. Boeing has since increased
security at its plant in the...
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- Concorde
gets up to speed in test (Jul 18, 2001 08:05 AM)
Concorde gets up to speed in test By Ed Johnson, AP LONDON (AP) — The
Concorde took a step closer to resuming service Tuesday with the first
supersonic test flight of the aircraft since a crash near Paris last
year grounded the jets. A British...
http://www.usatoday.com/life/travel/leisure/2001/2001-07-18-concorde.htm
- TechnoScout
(Jul 18, 2001 07:22 AM)
Concorde lands safely after test flight LONDON (AP) — A newly modified
British Airways Concorde roared across the Atlantic on Tuesday on the
first supersonic test flight since the fleet was grounded last year
after a crash near Paris. With...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2001/07/17/concorde.htm
- British
Airways test-fly newly modified Concorde (Jul 16, 2001 10:49 AM)
British Airways test-fly newly modified Concorde LONDON (AP) — British
Airways will test fly a newly modified Concorde jet for the first time
since shortly after the crash of an Air France Concorde grounded both
nations' fleets of the sleek...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2001/07/16/british-airways.htm
- Boeing
finds suspicious wire damage on 737s (Jun 20, 2001 02:42 PM)
Boeing finds suspicious wire damage on 737s SEATTLE, (Reuters) — Boeing,
the No. 1 commercial aircraft maker, said Thursday it had found suspicious
wire damage on 737 jetliners in a Seattle-area factory. The company,
which stopped short of...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/general/2001-06-07-boeing-sab.htm
- FBI
investigating suspicious damage to Boeing 737s (Jun 20, 2001 02:51
PM)
FBI investigating suspicious damage to Boeing 737s SEATTLE (AP) — The
FBI is investigating suspicious damaged wiring found in as many as 10
Boeing 737 jetliners undergoing final assembly at a suburban plant.
Boeing spokeswoman Sandy Angers said...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/june01/2001-06-08-boeing.htm
- FBI
investigating suspicious damage to Boeing 737s (Jun 20, 2001 02:51
PM)
FBI investigating suspicious damage to Boeing 737s SEATTLE (AP) — The
FBI is investigating suspicious damaged wiring found in as many as 10
Boeing 737 jetliners undergoing final assembly at a suburban plant.
Boeing spokeswoman Sandy Angers said...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001-06-08-boeing.htm
- Countdown
begins for $1.4B space station lab (Jun 19, 2001 03:28 PM)
Countdown begins for $1.4B space station lab CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
— After three weeks of delay, the countdown has finally begun for the
launch of Destiny, NASA's billion-dollar space station laboratory. It's
been a long, hard-fought battle...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001-02-05-shuttle.htm
- Singapore
Airlines crash report is disturbing (Jun 19, 2001 01:56 PM)
Singapore Airlines crash report is disturbing TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) —
Lights were broken and markers were missing for a runway that should
have been used by a Singapore Airlines jumbo jet that slammed into debris
while taking off on the wrong...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2001-02-23-singair.htm
- Planemaker
hitwith string of problems (Nov 02, 1999 11:18PM)
Planemaker hit with string of problems By Gary Strauss and David Field,
USA TODAY The crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 might have been caused by
pilot error, terrorists or poor maintenance. Until design or assembly-line
problems are ruled ou...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/plane/egypt035.htm
- (Nov 17, 1999 09:39AM)
Technology boosts in-flight entertainment By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY
IRVINE, Calif. - In-flight entertainment is moving from Hollywood glitz
to SiliconValley sophistication. Quick question Flying high:
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