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The Many Faces of FOD Aviation
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The Many Faces of FOD

by Bob Baron, Learjet Crews International, Inc. It was only a few years ago that I realized just what FOD could do. It was a bit ironic actually. We flew a Learjet into a major overhaul facility where they proceeded…

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COOL FOD POSTER!

Sent in by a "FOD Brother" way out in the field.   To whom this may concern at FODNEWS,My name…

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FOD Incident: Small Fire

A stray cigarette lighter stuck under a seat cushion likely caused a small fire aboard a Japan Airlines Boeing 767,…

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Hit-and-Run FOD

Two ground workers employed by British Airways face criminal charges after failing to report that their baggage truck had collided…

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Earlier Coverage

Investigation – Bird Strike Caused Brussels Crash

The ingestion of a kestrel into the starboard engine is the likely cause of the May 25, 2008 crash of…

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Sweet Tooth Creates FOD Incident, Damages Ground Equipment

Carelessness can trigger FOD and ruin your day in a hurry. Every day FOD damages equipment on a flight line…

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Did Mystery FOD Ground A380?

The middle eastern airline Emirates believes that an unidentified "foreign object" in an electrical system caused the September grounding of…

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Flock of Birds Damages 737

They're ganging up on us: an Estonian Air Boeing 737 en route to Oslo suffered multiple points of damage while…

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The Night before Flight 9, in the Land of FOD

The Night before Flight 9, in the Land of FOD -- a very close call by Fred "The FODFixer" Reid…

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Falcons Protect British Airport

For the past fifteen years, a wildlife specialist has used specially-trained raptors to chase birds from Leeds Bradford International Airport.…

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Assessing Your Airport’s FOD Culture

Rat In Da Vat! Assessing Your Airport's FOD Culture by Master Sergeant Steven Ball Foreign Object Debris (FOD) in aircraft…

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IT’S OK TO GET CAUGHT HOLDING THE BAG – JUST MAKE SURE ITS A FOD BAG By Bill Haas

If you think about it, “foreign objects” are not a problem unless they are not Deposited correctly and therefore cause…

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Concorde Crash Updates

For a detailed timeline of all the events that led up to and since the French Concorde crash, visit  www.aviation.about.com.…

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FOD Is A Dirty Word

From THE NET - The Atlanta Worldport Safety Newsletter In 2005 Foreign Object Damage (FOD) Cost Us About $16,000,000 Whether…

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