Word: faa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Federal Aviation Administration tonight issued an emergency directive to force the grounding of airplanes with faulty bolts in their engines. FAA officials said the directive could take up to 8,000 general aviation airplanes (roughly 10% of the U.S. total) out of service, ranging from small Cessnas to some twin-engine planes, until the bolts are replaced. CNN reported that the FAA also grounded all Arrow Air flights for an indefinite period of time because the Miami-based airline was not keeping adequate records...
...cause of the crash is being investigated bya host of state and federal agencies, includingthe state police, the National TransportationSafety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) and the Massachusetts AeronauticsCommission...
...scattered parts were roped off by policewho waited for an FAA official to inspect thescene...
Yousef's arrest came about as a result of unusually smooth coordination among several U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies, says TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller. On the U.S. side, the CIA, FBI and even the FAA worked together -- agencies that "don't always get along," Waller notes. But U.S. authorities were also helped by a close relationship they've built up in recent years with Pakistani authorities, Shannon says. "We had many dealings with them during the Afghan war against the Russians," says Shannon...
...FAA declares crash-prone commuter planes flightworthy...