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Panelists discussed plans to modernize the air transportation system including funding and the role of Congress and the FAA. The panelists responded to questions from the audience.

Commission staff members detailed the events of the morning of September 11, 2001 in which terrorists hijacked four airplanes in a coordinated attack on the U.S. and the minute-to-minute res…

Joint hearing of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Subcommittee on Government Management Oversight on airline passenger and baggage screening. Acting deputy Administra…

Witnesses testifed about plans to modernize air traffic control systems. Among the issues addressed are operating costs of the new systems, technical requirements of the system, and the time…

Secretary Slater and Mr. Downey talked with reporters, saying that there have been no serious disruptions of computers in transportation industries, particularly airlines. Mr. Belger and Adm…

From the Herndon Air Traffic Control Center, Monte Belger the Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and Carol Hallett the President of the Air Transport Association tal…

Jane Garvey, head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), discussed airlines and airline travel during the largest travel week of the year. She talked about new Federal Aviation Admini…

Secretary of Transportation, Federico Pena, gave an Air Traffic Safety briefing.

At this public hearing on security and terrorism, members of the President’s Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism heard from members of the General Accounting Office-GAO. The GAO i…

At this public hearing sponsored by the President’s Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism, commission members questioned officials from the State Department, private airlines and th…

The subcommittee heard testimony on the recent bombing of Pan American flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988 from Pan Am officials, several family members of the victims, and …

The House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on aviation security. Witnesses included two panels: The first was Representative Dave McCurdy (D-OK) and Re…