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Tag Archives: airport
How prepared are airports and airlines to handle a pandemic?
Physical distancing and avoiding shared surfaces can be quite difficult when it comes to air travel. Airports and airplanes have many of the features that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommend you avoid to prevent the spread of diseases, … Continue reading
Posted in About GAO, Coronavirus
Tagged airlines, airport, aviation, aviation safety, CDC, Coronavirus, Department of Transportation, ebola, Heather Krause, HHS, homeland security, pandemic, Physical Infrastructure, PI, SARS, USDOT
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Air Travel and Communicable Diseases (podcast)
Stopping communicable disease from spreading via air travel involves local, national, and international efforts, as illustrated by the 2015 Ebola epidemic. How do governments plan and coordinate with airports and airlines that potentially carry sick passengers? Listen to Gerald Dillingham, … Continue reading
Posted in Podcast, Transportation
Tagged airlines, airport, airports, disease control, ebola, FAA, PI, safe travels, SARS, travel
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Air France 447, Malaysia Airlines 370 and Developments in Aircraft Tracking and Flight Data Recovery
Six years ago, Air France Flight 447 (AF447) crashed into the Atlantic between Brazil and Senegal, and it took almost 2 years to retrieve the plane’s black box with the flight data. More recently, investigators found no trace of Malaysia … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Podcast, Transportation
Tagged AF447, Air France 447, airline, airplanes, airport, aviation, black box, cockpit, emergency beacon, flight data recorder, flight recorders, Gerald Dillingham, international travel, Malaysia Airlines 370, MH370, PI, transoceanic flights, travel, U.N., United Nations
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Podcast on TSA’s Prohibited Items List
The Transportation Security Administration keeps a list of items that airline passengers aren’t allowed to carry onto planes. Two years ago, TSA raised concerns among stakeholders when it suggested removing small knives from its Prohibited Items List. Listen to our … Continue reading
Podcast on Aviation Security and Expedited Passenger Screening
In 2011, the Transportation Security Administration introduced its Precheck program, which offers expedited screening to selected air travelers. TSA’s use of expedited screening has rapidly increased in recent years, highlighting the need to ensure the effectiveness of the agency’s security … Continue reading