The News Review:
- US travel getting back to normal after weather-induced havoc
- DJ AM Files Lawsuit ver Learjet Crash
- Pentagon to Send US Aviation Brigade to Afghanistan
- US DT Calls for Reduction of LaGuardia Flights to Cut Delays
- Airport security: Civil aviation ministry issues instructions to …
- Lockheed Martin inks $774M contracts
- Denver Crash Baffles Aviation Experts
US travel getting back to normal after weather-induced havoc
Los Angeles Times CA
Airline officials said the Costellos were among a dwindling group of stranded passengers. About 100 flights were canceled early Wednesday but the weather improved as the day progressed. City of Chicago Aviation Department spokesman Greg Cunningham said airlines at ‘Hare had requested 75 cots for passengers Wednesday night. Complicating matters at ‘Hare an American Airlines plane hit an icy patch while turning and slid sideways off the runway Wednesday evening. No one was injured and 54 passengers were to be put on other flights leaving that night.
DJ AM Files Lawsuit ver Learjet Crash
MSNBC
According to TMZ DJ AM who goes by the legal name of Adam Goldstein filed suit against Learjet Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Global Exec Aviation Clay Lacy Aviation and the estates of the pilots of the plane which crashed in Columbia South Carolina this past fall. VIEW THE PHTS: The Latest Star SightingsIn his suit the celebrity DJ claims the training of the pilots ? Sarah Lemmon 31 and James Bland 52 ? who both died in the crash alongside bodyguard Charles Still and friend Chris Baker was a factor in the crash. VIEW THE PHTS: DJ AM & Travis BarkerDJ AM also claims in his suit that the plane was ?defective not fit for its intended purposes and unreasonably dangerous? according to People.
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Pentagon to Send US Aviation Brigade to Afghanistan
Bloomberg
22 (Bloomberg) — The U. Defense Department said itwill send an aviation brigade from the 82nd Airborne Division toAfghanistan by June. The 2800-person unit is separate from four ground combatbrigades that U.
US DT Calls for Reduction of LaGuardia Flights to Cut Delays
Bloomberg
?We?ve had strong support from at least one carrier toreduce operations into LaGuardia and interest from others?Gribbin said declining to name the airlines. To contact the reporter on this story:.
Airport security: Civil aviation ministry issues instructions to …
Hindu India
“The Civil Aviation Ministry has circulated some instructions to all the airports” Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters but did not elaborate. All airports across the country have been on a state of high alert since the Mumbai terror attacks with Civil Aviation Secretary M Madhavan Nambiar writing to State governments and union territory administrations to secure all airports and airstrips under their jurisdiction. There are about 340 airports and airstrips in the country with many of them non-functional. A large number of these airstrips are of the Second World War vintage.
Lockheed Martin inks $774M contracts
Bizjournals.com NC
Army Aviation Missile Command division. The jobs are for hardware and services tied to the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3). Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) says the contracts include the first sale of the PAC-3 Missile system to the United Arab Emirates.
Denver Crash Baffles Aviation Experts
American Chronicle CA
Evidence at the charred wreckage and from the data recorder shows the engines and brakes were fine Sumwalt said. The jet was also properly set for takeoff he said. The circumstances have so far left aviation safety experts baffled. Jets such as the 737 should be able to roll straight down the runway even if problems arise during takeoff said consultant John Cox a former airline pilot and accident investigator. “You’d keep the airplane tracking straight with the rudder” Cox said. ne area investigators will study is the wind during takeoff. Flight 1404 was being buffeted by a 31-mph wind from the left according to the NTSB.