The News Review:
- Senators urge probe into regional airline oversight
- Shell Buys Aviation Fuel Unit From Brazil’s Cosan
- Another blow to Indonesia aviation
- Bioscience authority awards $4M for medical composite research
Senators urge probe into regional airline oversight
Los Angeles Times
YSArticleHeader { font:normal 24px Arial Helvetica sans-serif; margin:-2px 2px 5px 2px; }. YSArticleHeader span {font:normal 18px Arial Helvetica sans-serif; }. YSArticleContent { background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:18px;line-height:16px; }–>Senators urge probe into regional airline oversightTestimony on the deadly Continental Connection crash in New York prompts senior members of the aviation safety subcommittee to question FAA enforcement. A spokeswoman says the agency will cooperate. By Rebecca Cole May 20 2009Reporting from Washington — Prompted by testimony last week about the crash of a commuter plane near Buffalo N. four senior senators have called for an independent investigation into federal oversight of regional carriers.
Shell Buys Aviation Fuel Unit From Brazil’s Cosan
CNNMoney.com
LN)purchased aviation fuel distribution assets from Brazilian sugar and ethanolgroup Cosan Industria e Comercio SA (CSAN3. BR) Shell Brasil said Wednesday. said that it paid 150 million reals ($73. 8 million) for theassets which Cosan acquired in April 2008.
Another blow to Indonesia aviation
Sydney Morning Herald
rescuers attempt to reach the burning fuselage in a field several kilometres short of the military air base in East Java. Photo: Reuters A C-130 Hercules aircraft crashed and exploded in East Java yesterday killing at least 98 people injuring 15 and sparking soul-searching in Indonesia about the degraded state of its military. It was the second fatal military aviation accident in six weeks. In April 24 special forces trainees and crew were killed when a Fokker 27 ploughed into a hangar and exploded. nly 10 days ago another Hercules transport plane crash-landed in West Papua destroying its landing gear and injuring one soldier. The Hercules was ferrying troops and their families including 10 children when it clipped homes and smashed into the ground close to its destination the Iswahyudi military air base. Conditions were calm.
Bioscience authority awards $4M for medical composite research
Bizjournals.com
The total award is less than the $31 million in start-up funds the research institute sought. Researchers will expand on aviation composite research to develop medical instruments and composite implants that some say could improve the practice of orthopedics. Building the $10 million Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in rthopedic Research is part of an effort to combine aviation and medicine two of Wichita’s largest economic drivers. Composites are made by blending two different metals into a lighter stronger part. “It’s an obvious way of diversifying composites and a way to counter the cyclical nature of the aircraft industry” said Paul Wooley research director at rthopedic Research in an April interview with the Wichita Business Journal. He wasn’t immediately available for comment Tuesday.
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