Not that Boeing is publicly jumping on any scapegoats to wholly blame for the worldwide grounding of its 787 Dreamliners after the Federal Aviation Agency ( FAA ) issued an emergency airworthiness direction (AD) in response to a battery fire that forced an All Nippon Airways plane to make an emergency landing in Japan on January 16.
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Despite this, he said, publicity about the talk had led the European Aviation and Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration to get in touch seeking more details.
Washington (CNN) -- Federal Aviation Administration chief David Hinson defended his agency's handling of inspections of ValuJet airlines Tuesday before a Senate committee.
No one was seriously injured in any of the events, and the National Transportation Safety Board, an independent federal agency charged with investigating civil aviation accidents in the US, and the Federal Aviation Administration, the national aviation authority of the US, have ordered investigations into the incidents.
Laura Brown, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, said in Washington that the agency was checking whether the previous battery incidents had been reported by Boeing.
Furloughs affecting some 15, 000 Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers began this week with the agency saying it had no flexibility to avert them without action by Congress.
Also, there is no US government agency that regulates cruise ships, like the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation which regulate air and land travel.
The Federal Aviation Administration fielded calls about a meteor from Virginia to Maine, said agency spokeswoman Arlene Salac.
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In fact, just last month, with the Federal Aviation Administration authorization up for extension, Congress let authority for this important agency lapse and thousands were furloughed.
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Hall pointed out while the Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to require Boeing to modify the 737 rudder, the agency has not yet issued the order.
Federal Aviation Administration officials announced that as part of a new "safety culture" at the agency, they would fully embrace nonpunitive reporting systems, in an effort to generate information that could expose bigger dangers.
The Federal Aviation Administration approved the use of the tablets in 2011, but American is the first commercial carrier to receive the agency's approval to use them in the cockpit during all phases of flight from gate to gate, including during landing and takeoff.
Washington (CNN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration this week is sending out scores of letters to small- and medium- size airports nationwide saying the agency may soon close their control towers because of budget cuts, unless they can convince the government that the action will harm the national interest.
CNN: Airports can make case to keep their control towers open
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