Aviation Safety: Issues Raised by the Crash of Valujet Flight 592 : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, June 25, 1996U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997 - 571 pages |
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... aircraft operated by ValuJet_carrying 110 people disappeared into the Florida Ever- glades . Pilots in the area witnessed the area from a distance , and said it took them 15 minutes to locate the accident site because the aircraft and ...
... aircraft operated by ValuJet_carrying 110 people disappeared into the Florida Ever- glades . Pilots in the area witnessed the area from a distance , and said it took them 15 minutes to locate the accident site because the aircraft and ...
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... aircraft . We do lots of work . Heavens . We have hundreds , if not , in some years , depending on our work load , thousands of findings and in- spections and investigations , and you name it . But this spring we did an audit of the ...
... aircraft . We do lots of work . Heavens . We have hundreds , if not , in some years , depending on our work load , thousands of findings and in- spections and investigations , and you name it . But this spring we did an audit of the ...
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... aircraft . We also know that haz- ardous material was loaded on the aircraft in the form of oxygen generators , apparently unmarked as hazardous material . This drives two questions , Mr. Chairman : why and how did that happen ? That is ...
... aircraft . We also know that haz- ardous material was loaded on the aircraft in the form of oxygen generators , apparently unmarked as hazardous material . This drives two questions , Mr. Chairman : why and how did that happen ? That is ...
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... aircraft purchased from the McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company . Their total order was for eighteen ( 18 ) of these aircraft and all of them had been traded in by Delta Airlines , then refurbished by McDonnell Douglas to delivery to ...
... aircraft purchased from the McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company . Their total order was for eighteen ( 18 ) of these aircraft and all of them had been traded in by Delta Airlines , then refurbished by McDonnell Douglas to delivery to ...
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... aircraft on their certificate very rapidly and proceeded to procure additional aircraft to augment their fleet . They purchased nine ( 9 ) additional aircraft fiv Sources in Turkey . The ine Turkish aircraft are also DC - 9-30 series ...
... aircraft on their certificate very rapidly and proceeded to procure additional aircraft to augment their fleet . They purchased nine ( 9 ) additional aircraft fiv Sources in Turkey . The ine Turkish aircraft are also DC - 9-30 series ...
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action Administrator agency Agreement aircraft airplane airworthiness airworthiness directives Atlanta aviation safety BACHUS BRODERICK canisters cargo certification Chairman check was accomplished compliance concerns consent order contractors crash crew DEFAZIO discrepancies were noted discretionary function exception documents door DUNCAN employees engine FAA inspectors FAA's Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Regulations FINDING firing pin flight attendant flying FOLD following discrepancies FSDO hazardous materials hearing heat shield HINSON industry insert unit inspection installed investigation issues JORDAN June 25 latch LIPINSKI low-cost carriers maintenance manual mechanics MENENDEZ NTSB OBERSTAR Office operations oversight oxygen mask oxygen module passengers performed personnel pilots pin lanyards problems procedures question Ramp check recommendations record regulations regulatory release removed repair stations responsibility S.Ct SabreTech SCHIAVO Secretary SELLER SHUSTER specific standards statement Subcommittee Thank ValuJet Airlines ValuJet Flight 592
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