Ex NTSB chief urges high tech safety tech despite cost
Former NTSB chair Jim Hall argues a cockpit warning system costing 18000 dollars per aircraft could have prevented the Lexington Comair crash by alerting pilots to runway length and missteps. The device, certified by the FAA in 2003, is not required and few airlines use it.
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Project Strike Back probes college aid for terrorists
FBI and Education Department secretly vetted college aid applicants under Project Strike Back begun after 9 11 and shut down in June after nearly five years. Fewer than 1,000 names were checked. data mining focused on crime investigations, with records reviewed by the inspector general and reports sent to FBI and Justice Department.
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