Singapore assistance for aviation investigators From Borneo Bulletin The signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding on the Cooperation of Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation between the Department of Civil Aviation of Brunei Darussalam and Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore took place yesterday morning. An aviation industry exhibition is also being held in conjunction with the Aviation Safety Week at the Atrium of The Mall in Gadong, showcasing exhibits related to the aviation industry as well as job opportunities in the industry.

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Indonesia threatens to impose retroactive acts against EU ban From Xinhua (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has threatened to impose retroactive acts against the European Unions (EU) ban on the country's airlines to enter the group's territory should the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agree with the EU ban and other peaceful solutions fail, spokesman of the Transport Ministry Bambang Erfan said here Friday. The spokesman said that Indonesia would soon question the stance of the United Nations aviation organization ICAO on the EU restriction on Indonesia's 51...

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Air Travel Bogeyman Bedtime Scare Stories From journals.aol.com/skip3366/TheMaverickConservative/ There is "a high risk of a catastrophic runway collision occurring in the United States" because of faltering federal leadership, malfunctioning technology and overworked air traffic controllers, congressional investigators concluded Wednesday." It is true that the LAST major U.S. major air travel accident involved runways (that accident where a plane turned on the WRONG runway at a relatively non-busy airport), but that was hardly the kind of "high risk" referred to in this story. The...

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Deaths of Journalists' hits an all time high From blog.southasianews.com/ Brussels, 29 Nov (ANI): At least 171 journalists and other news media staff have died as a result of their work around the world so far this year,making 2007 the bloodiest year on record for the industry. According to casualty records maintained by the International News Safety Institute the dead between 1 January and 28 November comprise 142 ournalists and 29 support staff, such as drivers, translators and news technicians, in 35 countries. Nigeria also has a questionable overall safety...

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Antony calls for reducing human failures to reduce air accidents From blog.southasianews.com/ New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony today said that minimising human failures remains the greatest challenge in the aviation sector to reduce accidents in air. Antony said that the expansion of civil aviation activities has led to new challenges in ground and air space management, including the commonality of languages and procedures.

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