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  2. Can airlines keep passengers on the tarmac for hours? Here’s ...

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    Charlotte-Douglas International Airport has the 10th most tarmac delays out of 316 major airports. ... Exceptions to the time limits are allowed for safety, security, or air traffic control ...

  3. Controlled Impact Demonstration - Wikipedia

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    N833NA, the Boeing 720 aircraft involved in the test. NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a joint program for the acquisition, demonstration, and validation of technology for the improvement of transport aircraft occupant crash survivability using a large, four-engine, remotely piloted transport airplane in a controlled impact demonstration (CID).

  4. Next Generation Air Transportation System - Wikipedia

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    The need for NextGen became apparent during the summer of 2000 when air travel was impeded by severe congestion and costly delays. Two years later, the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry recommended that a multiagency task force develop an integrated plan to transform the U.S. air transportation system.

  5. Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center - Wikipedia

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    It is located at 619 W. New Indian Trail Rd., Aurora, Illinois. [2] The primary responsibility of Chicago Center is sequencing and separation of over-flights, arrivals, and departures in order to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft.

  6. United Airlines Set To Expand As FAA Lifts Safety Limits - AOL

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    The FAA will allow United to resume certification activities after a detailed review of the airline's safety measures. United informed its employees of this development on Wednesday night, acco

  7. Pre-flight safety demonstration - Wikipedia

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    A Royal Australian Air Force aircraftswoman demonstrating the use of an oxygen mask during a pre-flight safety demonstration on board an Australian Airbus A330 MRTT. A pre-flight safety briefing (also known as a pre-flight demonstration, in-flight safety briefing, in-flight safety demonstration, safety instructions, or simply the safety video) is a detailed explanation given before take-off to ...

  8. Special flight rules area - Wikipedia

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    On November 19, 2009, the FAA effected an SFRA in the New York City Class B airspace, motivated largely by the mid-air collision of a private general aviation aircraft and a sightseeing helicopter ride along the Hudson River VFR corridor in the summer of 2009.

  9. Instrument flight rules - Wikipedia

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    The most important concept of IFR flying is that separation is maintained regardless of weather conditions. In controlled airspace, air traffic control (ATC) separates IFR aircraft from obstacles and other aircraft using a flight clearance based on route, time, distance, speed, and altitude.