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Friday, November 13, 2009
FAA reinforcing procecdures for wandering jets

Here's more fallout from the Northwest flight that overshot MSP by 150 miles last month because the pilots were absorbed in their laptops. The FAA says it will reinforce for air traffic controllers procedures for alerting the Air Force when an aircraft disappears and doesn't respond to calls.Read more about what the FAA said here.

Posted by Tom BELDEN @ 3:15 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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Posted 04:50 PM, 11/13/2009
STEVE5444
REINFORCE? WHAT THE HECK RULES ARE THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS FOLLOWING NOW?? CALL SANTA??
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About Tom Belden
Tom Belden has been reporting and writing about Philadelphia International Airport and other air travel subjects for nearly 25 years. He has written business travel columns for The Inquirer's Travel and Business sections. His ground-breaking reporting (with colleague Craig McCoy) on baggage handling problems in Philadelphia have been credited with helping improve the system. His previous blog was called Road Warrior. He can reached at tbelden@phillynews.com.
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