FODNews Roundup – January 3rd, 2018
Challenges of Regulating Small Drones Why are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles so difficult to regulate, and why are there so few…
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FODNews Roundup – March 3rd, 2018
Transpacific Flight vs Paper Clipboard The ground crew knew that it was sitting on the engine, but nobody told the flight crew. Until the plane was already in the air, that is. This time they were lucky. Image Credit: Pixabay…
FODNews Roundup – October 3rd, 2017
Bird or FOD? India’s Pune International Airport is disputing Air India’s claim that a bird struck of the latter’s airliners,…
FOD News Roundup – July 3rd, 2017
No, It Doesn't Help! Hoping to receive good luck before her flight from Pudong Airport in Shanghai, an elderly passenger…
FOD News Roundup – June 3rd, 2017
European Union: Airlines Exempt From Bird Strike Liability In a ruling seen as favorable to air carriers, the Court of…
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FOD News Roundup – February 3rd, 2017
How NOT to De-ice an Aircraft Passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines jet parked at Sanliurfa Airport couldn’t believe their eyes…
FOD News Roundup – September 3rd, 2016
Wireless Power FOD Can a stray coin stop your cell phone from charging? Texas Instruments explains how FOD lodged between…
FOD News Roundup – August 3rd, 2016
FOD Tips from the NTSB An AA-5B prop plane brought down by paint chips? If you're an aircraft mechanic, read…
FOD News Roundup – May 3rd, 2016
Fatal Crash May Have Involved Bird Strike Investigators have discovered eagle residue on a Cessna 172 that crashed near Birchwood…
FOD News Roundup – February 4, 2016
News Report: Airport Remains Open Despite FOD January 24, 2016: The runway at Bauerfield International Airport (IATA: VLI, ICAO: NVVV)…
FOD News Roundup – August 31, 2015
Dangerous Bubble Wrap August 14: A Boeing 777 made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport after a gradual accumulation…
FOD News Roundup – July 31, 2015
FOD Dust July 16: The new composite materials used to create light-weight aircraft — such as the Boeing 787 and…
FOD News Roundup – June 30, 2015
Rotary FOD June 10: Keep those helipads clean, folks. Authorities in Fiji believe that foreign object debris damaged the rotor blades…
FOD News Roundup – May 30, 2015
A Punch in the Nose May 14: FOD doesn't pull its punches, and neither should you when fighting it. A…
FOD News Roundup – April 16, 2015
Mystery FOD Disrupts Holiday February 21: Lion Air had to cancel or delay flights from Indonesia's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for three…