Topic: Les Dorr

Seven children among 14 killed in US plane crash

AFP Global Edition - 1048 days ago
At least seven children were among the 14 people killed when their small airplane crashed in northern Montana, an official said Monday as investigators looked into whether the single engine turboprop was overloaded.Experts including Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials said they ...

Board cites poor weather in helicopter crashes

AP News - 1115 days ago
Board cites night flying, poor weather in 3 medical helicopter crashes that killed 12Federal safety investigators said Thursday that flying at night in poor weather conditions contributed to three medical helicopter crashes that killed 12 people.The National Transportation Safety Board blamed ...

Med copter deaths intensify calls to enforce safety rules

American Medical Association News - 1182 days ago
Minutes before midnight on Oct. 15, a medical helicopter was flying 1-year-old Kirstian Blockinger to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. This surpasses the previous high of 18 deaths in 2004, according to National Transportation Safety Board data. In October, the NTSB ...

Travis Barker, DJ AM critically injured in plane crash

AFP Global Edition - 1232 days ago
Former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and Hollywood music spinner D.J. AM were critically injured in a South Carolina plane crash that left four others dead, authorities said Saturday.Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Les Dorr told AFP they and four others ...

Century after first fatality, safety is in the air

AP Features - 1236 days ago
Safer than ever, but still some white knuckles a century after the first airplane fatalityIt was called an " Yet, to the consternation of the airline industry, flying still generates for many the same rush of anxiety that onlookers must have felt when ...

Why do we have to turn off iPods during takeoff?

Air & Space Magazine - 1276 days ago
The FAA's regulation makes the airlines responsible for governing the use of portable electronic devices on their airplanes, ensuring that carriers err on the side of non-litigious caution.. The Federal Communications Commission has recently supported the FAA's decision to keep ...

FAA speeds up Boeing 737 inspections

AP News - 1620 days ago
FAA Speeds Up Boeing 737 Inspections After More Problems Found in SlatsFederal regulators ordered airlines to speed up inspections of the wing slats on newer Boeing 737 jetliners after more problems that could lead to a fire were found in initial inspections ...

Please Shut Off All Portable Devices

Smithsonian - 1704 days ago
The FAA's regulation makes the airlines responsible for governing the use of portable electronic devices on their airplanes, ensuring that carriers err on the side of non-litigious caution.. The Federal Communications Commission has recently supported the FAA's decision to keep ...