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Flight delays reported following furlough days
Tribune reporterMandatory unpaid furlough days taken Tuesday mostly by air-traffic controllers at airports on the East Coast and at radar facilities in California, Nevada and Texas caused cascading flight delays across the nation, including at Chicago’s two...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Federal Aviation Administration, Midway Airport, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Ann Romney Arrives in Santa Monica After Emergency Landing
Los Angeles TimesSANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, landed safely in California on Friday evening, hours after the 10-seat charter plane carrying her from Omaha to the West Coast filled with smoke and was forced to make an emergency landing in Denver. Ann...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, American Airlines, Inc., Politics, Transportation Accidents, Ann Romney
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How dangerous is your iPad really? FAA reconsiders longstanding rule
Q13 FOX News OnlineYou finally get on board the plane, find your seat, sit down and the clock starts ticking. You pull out your cell phone to text the person picking you up at your final destination or turn on your iPad to send that last email before you hear the PA...Tags: Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, Science and Technology, The New York Times, Electronics
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Civilian pilot strays into restricted air space over Washington
The U.S. Air Force sent two F-16 jet fighters to intercept a civilian plane that had strayed into restricted air space over Washington, D.C., at about 8:30 p.m. Monday. The military planes, based at Andrews Air Force Base, escorted the smaller craft until...Tags: U.S. Air Force, Thurgood Marshall, National Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Despite government efforts, the Web never forgets
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWithin days of the Sept. 11 attacks, the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry rushed to pull a suddenly sensitive report from its Web site titled "Industrial Chemicals and Terrorism." The agency eliminated all traces of the document...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Air and Space Accidents, Travel, Transportation Accidents, Defense
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United Airlines Grounds 757 Fleet
Web ReporterUnited Airlines has grounded its fleet of 96 Boeing 757s after determining that the planes' air data computer software did not comply with a Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive. United began testing its 757s late Tuesday afternoon...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Boeing Co., United Air Lines, Air Transportation Delays, Federal Aviation Administration
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United temporarily grounds 96 aircraft
Associated PressUnited Continental Holdings Inc. said it voluntarily grounded 96 United Airlines aircraft Tuesday to allow for maintenance checks that had not been completed. The grounding caused at least 17 flights to be canceled and an unspecified number of delays....Tags: Boeing Co., Air Transportation Delays, United Air Lines, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Industry
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Satellites will snap shuttle pictures
Sentinel Staff WriterMilitary satellites will routinely take pictures of space shuttles on future flights, under a new agreement between NASA and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. National Aeronautics and Space Administration chief Sean O'Keefe said Friday that the...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Disasters, Science and Technology, Boeing Co., Space Programs
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Tape might hold key data on shuttle
From Wire ReportsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Salvaged tape from Columbia's data recorder might hold vital information up until just a few seconds before the shuttle disintegrated over Texas, accident investigators said yesterday. While the 9,400 feet of magnetic tape was...Tags: Physiology, Nevada, Science, New Mexico, Science and Technology
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Sen. Nelson plans to fight for full disclosure on shuttle
Sentinel Staff WriterU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said Friday that he will seek full disclosure of the information gathered by the board investigating the loss of space shuttle Columbia, even if Congress has to use its subpoena power to get it. "I come from an experience of open...Tags: Travel, Politics, Labor Legislation, Transportation, Crime, Law and Justice
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Heat hurt wing early in re-entry, data show
Sentinel Staff WriterFlight data salvaged from Columbia debris appear to show that hot gases began to destroy the shuttle's left wing very soon after re-entry began, investigators disclosed Sunday. The new information, recovered from a device called the Orbiter Experiments,...Tags: Science and Technology, Space Programs, California, NASA, Florida
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Congress can read testimony, study says
Sentinel Staff WriterThe independent board investigating the shuttle Columbia accident has no right to shield from Congress information it has gathered during its five-month probe, according to an analysis by the Congressional Research Service. The analysis, requested by U....Tags: Science and Technology, Bill Nelson, Space Programs, John McCain, NASA
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