Word: ntsb
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However, in an article in the April 8 issue of The New York Book Review, Elaine Scarry, Cabot professor of aesthetics and the general theory of value, alleges that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) overlooked a potential cause: electromagnetic interference (EMI) from nearby military activity...
...article has been distributed to NTSB staff and has garnered significant media attention, primarily overseas...
...With all the calm panic-prevention skills of an airline stewardess, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday the rewiring of fuel tanks in more than 750 Boeing 747 jets. ?Unsafe conditions... may exist in other older B-747s and should be addressed by the Federal Aviation Administration,? wrote NTSB chief Jim Hall Tuesday...
...broken, when are we going to fix it? Here's the rub: The FAA can happily ignore the NTSB's recommendations. "One would think they'd hop right on this, but that's not their pattern," says TIME business correspondent William Saporito. "One proposes and the other disposes. There's really no requirement at all." Next time you fly, better ask how old the plane...
...there is only impatience. "It is very disappointing that another government agency is reporting they do not know what caused this," company spokesman Mark Abels told the Associated Press. "We are looking forward to the day that some agency does know what caused it." Your turn, NTSB...