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ePassport debacle: RFID chip security easily cracked

heise.de     Aug 9, 2008   23 related          

The new 'biometric' ePassport can be cloned and manipulated in minutes despite the Governments assurances to the contrary, according to a report in The Times. In addition to the existing passport photograph and hardcopy...                    

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What Keeps the Prop Turning?

allafrica.com     Aug 8, 2008   1 related          

After the rail yard crash I argued for an overhaul of civil aviation. That crash was No. 3 in five months and that in a country where volumes are extremely low. But as I expected then, nothing happened and we still do not have...                    

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Tanzania: Arusha to Host Aviation Conference

allafrica.com     Aug 7, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 7 August 2008 Paul Owere and Nazish Dholakia Players in the aviation industry will next week meet in Arusha to discuss ways of improving safety, and relook the role of authorities in Africa. The three-day...                    

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Suprema e-Passport Readers to Support Korea's Nationwide Electronic Passport Issuance

tmcnet.com     Aug 6, 2008          

Seoul, Aug 6, 2008 - (ACN Newswire) - Suprema, Inc. (KOSDAQ: 094840), a leading global supplier of fingerprint recognition technology and systems, announced today that the company's RealScan electronic passport readers and...                    

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ICAO Wants Aviation Industry Supervised

allafrica.com     Aug 1, 2008          

Posted to the web 1 August 2008 Rachel Horner Freetown President of the international civil aviation organisation council (ICAO) Thursday called on the government to rigorously supervise the civil aviation industry if it were...                    

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Indonesia should ignore EU`s flight ban, legislator says

antara.co.id     Aug 1, 2008          

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Mutammimul Ula, a legislator from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), said Indonesia should ignore the European Union (EU)`s ban on Indonesian airline flights because it was a unilateral decision. "We...                    

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Young pilots give new medical duration a positive diagnosis

aopa.org     Jul 31, 2008   1 related          

By AOPA ePublishing staff The FAA’s recent move to extend third class medicals from three to five years and first class medicals from six months to one year for pilots under 40 was met with mixed emotions from the aviation...                    

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Air Canada helps business achieve green targets by expanding carbon offset program to corporate...

newswire.ca     Jul 30, 2008          

Collaboration with Zerofootprint offers companies four ways to offset emissions MONTREAL, July 30 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada, in conjunction with Zerofootprint, is extending its popular carbon offset program to corporate clients...                    

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SriLankan initiates inquiry into incident

keralanext.com     Jul 30, 2008   3 related          

SriLankan Airlines has terminated the services of a foreign licenced pilot who was found to have submitted a falsified letter to the airline, with regard to the post he had earlier held in another international airline. This...                    

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Landmark discrimination decision overturned

apn.co.nz     Jul 29, 2008          

The Court of Appeal today reversed what was labelled a ground-breaking Employment Court decision which overturned Air New Zealand's policy of automatically demoting captains on their 60th birthdays. David McAlister, 63, had...                    

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