Tag: investigators
BestCities launch Inspiring Young Leaders program
Chief Assignment Editor- May 21, 2019 18:40BestCities Global Alliance has today launched the Inspiring Young Leaders program, and has recognized two associations who have committed to actively encouraging youth engagement ahead of their upcoming congresses. The ... Read More
Passenger Safety: Boeing puts pressure on FAA to get Boeing 737MAX flying and worry later
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 16, 2019 00:08Airlines are desperate getting their fleet of Boeing 737 MAX flying again. The recertification process of the 737 MAX will require regaining the confidence of safety experts, pilots, and flight ... Read More
FAA frenzied, secretive rush to re-certify Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 1, 2019 19:04Ethiopian Airlines and Lions Air crash, American Airlines shutting up whistleblowers, loose debris damaging the wiring at a Boeing 787 factory, economic loss claimed not to use simulator training for Boeing ... Read More
Xtra Aerospace in Florida also responsible for Boeing 737 Max crash?
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 3, 2019 04:59Our purpose is to ensure each flight is safe and cost-effective every day. This is the message on the Xtra Aerospace website. The Xtra Aerospace states their maintenance division can ... Read More
Confirmed: Auto anti-stall system on before Ethiopian Max jet crash
editor- March 29, 2019 18:46It has been confirmed that investigators have determined the automatic anti-stall system as activated before the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet crash. This initial determination is based on information ... Read More
Ethiopian Airlines CEO believes in The New Spirit of Africa and pledges to work with Boeing
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 25, 2019 07:53Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines issued a statement today. He wrote: "It has been more than two weeks since the tragic crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302. The heartbreak for ... Read More
FAA reputation ruined while Boeing MAX 8 certification becomes a criminal matter
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 21, 2019 20:14FAA Nominee Steve Dickson formerly a Delta Airlines executive, should get a prompt confirmation hearing before the U.S Senate," stated Paul Hudson, of FlyersRights.org and longtime member of the FAA ... Read More
Trump appoints former Delta Air Lines executive new FAA chief
Chief Assignment Editor- March 20, 2019 16:50Former chief of flight operations for Delta Air Lines was appointed by President Trump to run the Federal Aviation Administration, currently under scrutiny for allowing the troubled Boeing 737 MAX ... Read More
Pilots frantic search for fix while Boeing Max8 went down
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 20, 2019 07:30Ethiopian Airlines and Lions Air most likely have the same deadly scenario accordsidng to a report Reuters today reported about the 31-year-old Lions' Air captain was at the controls of ... Read More
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg finally is trying to get the record straight
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 19, 2019 02:14One of the largest companies in the United States is responsible for tens of thousands of jobs and has been under serious attack by the global aviation industry after 2 ... Read More
Air crash experts: ‘Clear similarities’ between Ethiopian and Lion Air 737 MAX disasters
Chief Assignment Editor- March 18, 2019 23:05French air crash investigators are saying that they have found “clear similarities” between last week’s Ethiopian Airlines crash and last October’s Lion Air disaster. Both 737 MAX aircraft plunged nose-first ... Read More
Why didn’t Boeing prevent the Boeing MAX 8 Crash of Ethiopian Airlines?
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 17, 2019 20:00A first result is out after the black box of ET 302 was examined by French aviation experts at France's BEA air safety agency. 157 passengers died in the Ethiopian Airlines Crash on ... Read More
B737-Max: United Airlines expects no impact on passengers
editor- March 13, 2019 21:38United Airlines was operating two versions of the Boeing 737 family - the Boeing 737-800 and 900 and the Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9. The 737-800s are not the ... Read More
Why Boeing now supports grounding of Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 13, 2019 19:09It took U.S President Trump, who just recently proudly announced a giant order Boeing 737 Max while in Vietnam, to get Boeing to support the grounding of this aircraft. After Boeings ... Read More
Presidential Emergency Order: Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 grounded in the United States
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 13, 2019 18:33US President Donald Trump issued an emergency order to ground all Boeing 737 Max 8 and also Boeing 737 Max 9. Flights on route to a destination are allowed to finish their ... Read More
US Pilots alarmed: Boeing 737 Max 8 flight manual is criminally insufficient
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 13, 2019 09:51The Flight Manual for the Boeing 737 Max 8 is inadequate and almost criminally insufficient. These are the words of an American Pilot. Boeing stocks are already down more than ... Read More
Statement issued after deadly Boeing 767-300 crash in Houston
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 25, 2019 03:25Miami to Houston was a deadly flight for the crew on Atlas Air Worldwide. The Boeing 767-300 crashed out of unknown reason into a bay outside Houston, Texas, killing everyone ... Read More
Maldives former president Gayoom arrested for tourism related crime
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 19, 2019 05:49Maldives investigators found $1 million in former president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom bank account allegedly linked to a deal to lease public islands for tourism development in the Maldives. Abdulla Yameen Abdul ... Read More
33,341 murders in tourist paradise: Mexico sets grim record in 2018
Chief Assignment Editor- January 23, 2019 17:25Homicide cases in Mexico rose by 33 percent in 2018, breaking the country’s record for the second consecutive year, according to government statistics. Investigators opened 33,341 murder cases last year ... Read More
‘Attempted hijacking’: Aeroflot passenger demands to be flown to Afghanistan
Chief Assignment Editor- January 22, 2019 15:34Russian Aeroflot Flight SU1515 was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger attempted to hijack the aircraft, demanding that the plane be diverted to Afghanistan. Aeroflot Boeing 737 ... Read More
ISIS ready to blow up a Costa del Sol Tourism festival
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 20, 2019 20:10Costa del Sol is one of the most known travel and tourism destinations in Spain. The Costa del Sol is a region in the south of Spain, in the autonomous ... Read More
Execution Tourism: The next trending niche?
editor- January 15, 2019 02:59Alcatraz East Crime Museum will capitalize on execution tourism with a Ted Bundy display for the 30th anniversary of the serial killer’s execution. Read More
Marriott data breach: Passports not encrypted
editor- January 4, 2019 21:05Marriott said for the first time that 5.25 million passport numbers were kept in the Starwood system in plain, unencrypted data files Read More
Four people injured in New Year’s Eve car-ramming attack in Germany
Chief Assignment Editor- January 1, 2019 18:10A man plowed his car into a crowd on New Year’s Eve in Germany, gravely injuring at least four pedestrians in what German police called "targeted attack". “At least 4 ... Read More
Manchester police: New Year’s Eve train station stabbing spree “terrorist attack”
Chief Assignment Editor- January 1, 2019 15:51British police say that the stabbing spree which occurred in Manchester on New Year’s Eve is being investigated as terror-related attack. Three people - including a police officer - have ... Read More
Tourists killed and beheaded in terror attack in Morocco: Arrests made
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 25, 2018 21:36The arrests were made in several cities in the kingdom, bringing to 18 the number of people detained over the double-murder, said Abdelhak Khiam, head of Morocco's central office for judicial investigation. Read More
How American Airlines chill the blood of conscientious aircraft mechanics
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 17, 2018 07:24Today a promotion is sending a chilling message to American Airlines mechanics., and the U.S. aviation industry altogether. “Pressuring Airline mechanics to not record maintenance discrepancies, take shortcuts with maintenance ... Read More
Stayed at Marriott worldwide? China’s Ministry of State Security has your profile
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 12, 2018 16:55Checking into a Marriott operated hotel in China means your data is in Chinese Government hands. This is usually expected when it comes to travel to a closed country like ... Read More
Avoiding dangerous vacations 2018
Hon. Thomas A. Dickerson- September 19, 2018 21:27This is the sixth year that we have posted dangerous vacations destination information collected from news articles and reported law cases. Read More
CHOGM investigators ask: why not the national hotel institute?
editor- November 27, 2009 02:50The parliamentary accounts committee investigating the various allegations on inflated and unreal expenditures incurred ahead of the Commonwealth Summit in late 2007 have raised another issue. Read More
Investigator uses phony documents to get passports
editor- March 16, 2009 05:37WASHINGTON – Using phony documents and the identities of a dead man and a 5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S. passports in a test of post-9/11 security. Read More