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...accidents, has exhorted the Federal Aviation Administration to be more aggressive in studying, monitoring and regulating the way following aircraft navigate wake vortex. Now, even if such turbulence fails to account for Flight 427's crash, the Safety Board has trained sufficient attention on wake vortex to prod the FAA into action...
...evidence supporting the wake-vortex theory is thin. As Flight 427 approached the airport, it was following a Delta Airlines 727, a heavier Boeing plane that generates a slightly stronger wake. Flight 427 trailed the other jet by 4.1 nautical miles, well within the FAA regulation that requires two planes of such weights to maintain a separation of 3 nautical miles. If the 727 wake did jostle the 737 sufficiently to contribute to the latter's plunge, it would be a first. While 727s were the lead craft in seven of the 52 wake-vortex encounters documented by the NTSB...
With regard to jet engines, Welch said GE notified the Federal Aviation Administration about an employee's safety concerns in 1992, before the engineer went to the FBI as a whistle-blower. The FAA and the Defense Department investigated, Welch said, and found no problem. "So far on this one, everything appears fine," he adds. "Air Force One has those engines. The President is flying everywhere with them. And everyone feels comfortable...
Meanwhile, at the FAA...
...groped and ridiculed by female co-workers during a 1992 cultural-diversity training session. Air-traffic controller Douglas P. Hartman filed a $300,000 suit against the Transportation Department, claiming the agency had ignored his earlier complaints. "It was ugly. I was shocked. I was stunned," said Hartman. The FAA is dropping any sensitivity workshops that it believes could lead to future harassment lawsuits...