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While it will take weeks, even months, for investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to determine exactly why American Airlines 587 plunged to the ground, some aviation safety experts are already focusing on the aircraft's engines. The General Electric-manufactured CF6 engines that power the Airbus A300 and...
The FAA this spring began requiring operators to replace the engine shrouds on the engines. That action followed one in September, 2000, when the FAA issued an emergency directive to shorten inspection intervals for the CF6. The order had been prompted by a troubling incident two months earlier. A Varig...
Though Americans, too, are still frightened to fly, many seem to view traveling now as a patriotic duty, a way to help the country return to normal. That conviction tipped the scales for my siblings and parents, who were wavering about a family trip to Hawaii in mid-October. The...
ENNOBLED. CONRAD BLACK, 57, with the award of a seat in the British House of Lords; in London. Black is a millionaire newspaper magnate whose holdings include the Daily Telegraph in London and the Jerusalem Post. He chose to renounce his Canadian citizenship because Canada's PM Jean Chr?tien, often...
Much more difficult is how to lead a company through these uncertain times. Being a CEO has always been tough, but as the parade of corporate top guns at the Fortune conference attested, it?s never been tougher. Take Gordon Bethune, CEO of Continental Airlines. By most accounts, Bethune was...