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Mary Schiavo, Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, was working at her home computer on Saturday, May 11, 1996, when she received a phone call that made her feel "queasy and sick." It was the kind of nightmare she had long feared: ValuJet Flight 592 had crashed in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 7/14/2008 | See Source »

The FAA would insist that bogus parts had never caused a plane to crash, and that there was no increase in the number of bogus parts, just more reports. On my desk in a light blue folder lay a computer printout that clearly indicated the NTSB did not agree. Page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 7/14/2008 | See Source »

The FAA intended to build a custom computer network from the ground up and consolidate 230 terminal and en route centers into 23 facilities. The system was designed to be phased in over a 20-year period, in a building-block approach with five segments. Through all this, only the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 7/14/2008 | See Source »

I was working at home on my computer when Pena took to the airwaves. As I heard his comments from the television across the room, my fingers froze over the keyboard. Was Pena ignorant of the true nature of the FAA?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 7/14/2008 | See Source »

Anticipation quickly turned to frustration on Friday for the millions of Apple customers trying to upgrade their old iPhones to the new software, or activate their newly purchased iPhone 3G. With Apple's servers overloaded and unable to accommodate customer demand, eager buyers who had camped out all week to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apple Bungles its iPhone 3G Launch | 7/12/2008 | See Source »

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