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...Renong and Tajudin Ramli, who piloted the national carrier Malaysia Airlines to record losses during his eight-year tenancy as CEO, have been replaced by professional managers. In January, the new management of Malaysia Airlines filed a police report alleging irregularities in the management of the airline's cargo division during Tajudin's tenure. Police are remaining tight-lipped about the continuing investigation, but according to local press reports they have to date interviewed a dozen senior airline executives...
...scarce because the city wants to hold down noise levels. Neeleman and his managers secretly met with city officials in May 2001 and persuaded them to lease JetBlue all the 27 remaining slots for large carriers (14 others were already being used by American Airlines, America West Airlines and cargo planes) and to let JetBlue wait an unprecedented two years to use those slots. JetBlue began service between J.F.K. and Long Beach last August with two arrivals and departures a day. And for a while the big carriers didn't notice or didn't care...
...terrorist groups could use container ships to sneak explosives, weapons of mass destruction and even operatives into the U.S. Since 9/11, Coast Guard officers have boarded 10,000 vessels; in the nine months before 9/11, they boarded just 200. But the U.S. still inspects only 2% of incoming seaborne cargo...
...military cargo planes have been off-loading tractors, cargo loaders and other gear as engineers patch runways and refurbish rusty lighting and communications deep inside the tiny republic of Kyrgyzstan, tucked amid the mountains in what used to be the Soviet Union's southeast corner. Two weeks ago, the first U.S. warplanes - six Marine F-18 fighter-bombers - moved in, relieving the strain on Navy pilots stretching 600 miles from carriers in the Arabian...
...missiles have nerve gas or anthrax warheads, they are unlikely to kill more than a few. The theoretical potency of agents like VX--one tiny drop kills--or anthrax is defeated by the mechanics of distribution and dilution. A missile warhead would have to open up to release its cargo on top of a crowd to kill many, and that is a far more advanced capability than Saddam Hussein could possibly have...