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Clues to Air France 447

Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:51 am PDT

An interesting take on what might have happened to Air France Flight 447: A Past Flight May Offer Clues to Air France 447. Following an investigation of the A330’s uncommanded dive, Australian aviation officials, assisted by U.S. and French authorities, blamed a pair of simultaneous failures for the near ...

Airplane Accident, Air Disaster, Air France, Aviation

Airline Security: Joke or Farce?

Tue, Mar 6, 2007 at 8:35 pm PST

We all have to take off our shoes and hand over any bottled liquids to the TSA when we get on a plane. But put a magnet inside a “lower body cavity” before boarding a flight at LAX, and they’ll let your luggage travel ahead even though you’ve been detained ...

Terrorism, Security, Airlines, Aviation, Dry Run

Serious Terrorist Probe on American Airlines

Mon, Mar 5, 2007 at 8:31 am PST

At Annie Jacobsen’s web site Aviation Nation, we discover an account of an apparent terrorist dry run on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami—the same route and airline on which Richard Reid failed to detonate his shoe bombs: American Airlines Flight 62: A Terrorist Probe? This report was ...

Terrorism, Security, Airlines, Aviation, Dry Run

Worst Idea of the Century

Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 7:46 am PDT

Pinch me. I must be having a nightmare. Saudis Offered Scholarships for Aviation Courses in US. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) JEDDAH, 20 June 2006 — The Ministry of Higher Education and the General Authority of Civil Aviation are offering scholarships to Saudi men and women to study various majors related ...

Saudi Arabia, Islamic Supremacism, Aviation