DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 1996
Airline Safety

Airport Bomb Detectors

General Accounting Office Testimony
• Testimony before Congress on August 1, 1996 about the effectiveness of airport bomb detectors
• Report NSIAD 96-237
President's Press Conference
• Announcement of recommended changes on September 9, 1996
White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security
• Recommended bomb detection systems, tracking passengers, and matching passengers with luggage
• Commission chaired by Vice President Gore
• Report released on September 5, 1996; not found on Internet as of September 8, 1996

Federal Aviation Administration Pilot Requirements

Minimum Age Requirements
• Student Pilots (14 CFR 61.83)
• Recreational Pilots (14 CFR 61.96)
• Private Pilots (14 CFR 61.103)
Code of Federal Regulations
• Contains all existing regulations in force
• Title 14, Section 61, has additional certification requirements
• Sample subject search: recreational adj pilot and certification
Child Pilot Safety Act (H.R. 3267)
• Bill introduced by Mr. Duncan on April 18, 1996 to prevent individuals without a private pilot certificate from taking controls of an airplane
Jessica Dubroff (People/Pathfinder)
• Article on the seven-year-old pilot whose plane crashed on April 11, 1996

TWA Flight 800

New York to Paris; crashed on July 17, 1996
National Transportation Safety Board Investigation
• NTSB Public Hearing
  • Schedule of testimony, exhibits and speakers at a hearing held in Baltimore on December 8-13, 1997
  • Status of investigation
• Public Hearing Exhibits (December 1997)
  • Full text of reports on interior components, flight tests, cockpit recorder in text format
  • Full text of all files in Adobe Acrobat format
  • CNN Interactive is the officially-designated NTSB distributor of documents during the hearing and is providing real-time coverage
CNN Coverage
Aviation Security Measures (July 25, 1996)
• President Clinton's announcement
• White House press conference
• FAA Guidelines

ValuJet Airlines

Chemical Oxygen Generators Ban
• Press release on the Federal Aviation Administration's ban on chemical oxygen generators in cargo holds
• Ban announced on May 23, 1996 and results from ValuJet crash
Federal Aviation Administration Investigation
• Statement of continuing investigation, May 12, 1996
Grounding of ValuJet
• Press release by David Hinson grounding ValuJet on June 17, 1996
FAA Oversight of ValuJet
• History of actions taken to oversee airline safety as the result of the ValuJet crash
• Published August 14, 1997
Inspection Procedures for Commercial Air Carriers
• Rules released on June 18, 1996 on inspection standards for airlines
• Early retirement of Tony Broderick
National Transportation Safety Board
• Report on crash issued in August 1997
• Full text in pdf format - over 5 MB
ValuJet/AirTrans Web site

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