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...Federal Aviation Administration has forbidden airline companies from nine countries to fly into or out of the U.S., because the FAA says they do not maintain internationally recognized aviation safety standards. The neglectful nine: Belize, the Dominican Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay and Zaire. In addition, airlines from Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Netherlands Antilles are on the FAA's watch list. The crackdown on foreign air carriers is a result of the 1990 crash in New York of a Columbian Avianca airliner that had run out of fuel...
Already printed and being distributed internationally are 250,000 programs in five languages; the 170,000 at newsstands and bookstores in the U.S. sell for $10. A billboard campaign will be launched in major cities. Rudas reports successful negotiations with the FAA to encourage the diversion of air traffic from the stadium. Merrill Lynch is providing 56,000 binoculars to those lucky enough to attend. Add to that the usual souvenir paraphernalia: coffee mugs, baseball caps, T shirts. Top of the line: a $250 enamel box (nothing's in it). After the CD and the video are rushed...
...models 100, 200 and 300 carrying Pratt & Whitney or Rolls-Royce engines, both of which use the fuse-pin assembly being investigated. The company said it had not located any of the pins from either crash but had still "decided it was prudent to request an inspection." The FAA followed up with a mandatory directive to airlines worldwide requiring them to inspect the pins. The order does not ^ cover the newest 747, model 400, which uses a different engine-attachment system...
...into a dispute over Russian-built Kamov and Mil helicopters, by lobbying the Bush Administration on their behalf. The powerful Russian choppers can outlift the best U.S. helicopters and are being offered to American oil and logging firms at half price. U.S. manufacturers are livid because Strauss wants the FAA to waive the costly and time-consuming U.S. commercial-certification process for the Russian competition. If the FAA goes along with Strauss, the heavy lifters may start hauling timber in Alaska this summer...
...social chair of AAA, I wanted to have an event that celebrated our Asian heritage as well as our Asian American culture, and diffuse this to all members of the Harvard community. I wanted people to believe in FAA as much as I did, but I knew it would take more than just another dance to make people excited about AAA again...