The co-pilots who were in the cockpit when Air France Flight 447 ran into trouble and then crashed June 1, 2009, were startled and never grasped that the plane was stalling, France's aviation accident investigative agency concluded.
The July 17-18 event will be webcast. Participants will discuss emerging technologies useful for these operations.
About 1,000 people will attend the 8th World Congress on High Speed Rail, including transport ministers and rail system chiefs from the United States, Japan, Russia, China, Spain, Poland, and other countries.
An afternoon signing ceremony at the White House will include construction workers and students, two groups that will benefit from the law.
State police across the country are out in force during the July 4 holiday period to watch for drunk drivers.
The flights to assist in Western wildland firefighting have resumed, the U.S. Northern Command announced July 3.
The final allocations are for seven FY2012 Preparedness Grant programs; the total is nearly $1 billion below the FY2011 allocations, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.
Meant to curb drunk driving, the new law requiring every vehicle with four or more wheels in France to have a breathalyzer kit took effect July 1.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security said the 72 iPad kiosks installed at driver service centers statewide allow motorists to pay for new licenses and receive them within minutes.
The American Trucking Associations will host it Nov. 28-30 in Arlington, Va. ATA's CEO promised it "will come to be thought of as an important mile marker on the road to increased natural gas use in trucking."
FMCSA is providing added reason to tackle these problems before they appear: Drivers will be cited if an inspection turns up any safety violations.
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A Swiss air rescue service enhanced its documentation efficiency and improved flight conditions by adopting new tablet PCs.
That would be a low total in historical terms. The council's predictions have been very accurate in past years.
Leaders from the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) and Saudi Aramco signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding June 27 to combine their fleets. Bahri would be the fourth-largest owner of very large crude carrier ships.
The agency had ordered airlines to remove all chemical oxygen generators in March 2011. Airlines and aircraft manufacturers sought up to five years to retrofit, saying there are no actual designs yet for new systems.
A new policy adopted at the American Medical Association's annual meeting says the group supports legislation to require annual classes in obesity's causes and consequences for first through 12th grades. Another new policy concerns nighttime lighting.
The authority credits broadcasted highway advisory radio messages, signage, pavement and crosswalk markings, new traffic signals, and continued enforcement for the recent 12 percent decline.
The safety alert issued on June 19 warns pilots using in-cockpit FIS-B and Satellite Weather display systems that the NEXRAD "age indicator" can be misleading.
Officials celebrated the delivery of four Super-Post Panamax cranes from China on June 20. Installed in a new 50-foot berth, they will be operational by September.