Word: faa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pointed out that at least 17 DC-10s have been wrecked since the plane began flying 18 years ago; that amounts to 3.8% of the 445 DC-10s built by McDonnell Douglas, a higher percentage than that recorded by comparable superjets like the Lockheed L-1011 (1.2%). Both the FAA and McDonnell Douglas rejected the I.A.P.A.'s request. Said FAA spokesman John Leyden: "There's nothing that's come out of the Sioux City accident indicating a basic design flaw that would warrant such an action...
...have always plagued air travel; pilot error, leaks, blown tires and engine shutdowns are frequent occurrences. But the Flight 232 disaster was of a different order altogether: a loss of all three of the plane's redundant hydraulic systems at the same moment, rendering it almost impossible to control. FAA investigators are combing a 16-sq.-mi. area of Iowa cornfields for pieces of a fan disk of the plane's No. 2 engine, which was mounted high on the DC-10's tail. They hope that examining the fan disk will help them determine what caused an explosion that...
...security in Los Angeles," said an American Airlines spokesman. But the Federal Aviation Administration is not satisfied: in March the agency reported that American had failed to detect weapons in 24 security tests in 1988, the worst performance among the 26 carriers that were fined. If the FAA determines that American let the hijack weapons get through, said an agency spokeswoman, "the carrier would certainly be subject to a $10,000 penalty...
...NTSB issued a report finding that the FAA bore partial responsibility for last year's accident in which the top of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 tore apart in midair, killing a flight attendant. The FAA allegedly neglected to monitor carefully Aloha's maintenance procedures and failed to enforce closer inspections in the airline industry even after stress cracks had been found in older planes...
...separate study, the NTSB chronicled serious flaws in the air-traffic- control system for Southern California's airports. Though the FAA knew of cramped working conditions in control towers and a high level of errors, the agency allegedly took no action to improve the situation...