you know, tamron, in the news business and almost a lot of bureaucracies, sometimes the more people you bring in, the harder it is to actually get things done. of course, as they re tapping into all these people, they need to make sure they end up having a good command structure to be able to fix all these issues with the now so many more cooks in the kitchen. they re now saying folks from red hat and oracle included in the dozens of people brought in to re-enforce and strengthen the team they have working on the technical issues. mark, thank you so much. see you tomorrow. well, airline passengers are one step closer to keeping their smart phones and tablets on during takeoff and landing. this after the faa announced just today that airlines can expand passenger use of portable electronic devices during all phases of a flight as long as the device remains in that airplane mode that i m sure you re familiar with. so these new guidelines will allow the use of tablets,
richard, thank you. checking the news feed this morning. this is the senate foreign relations committee holding a hearing right now on the latest developments in syria. there weave got it just as the global chemical weapons watchdog says that syria is ahead of schedule completing the destruction of all equipment that can produce chemical weapons. next on the list is destroying existing weapons and stockpiles. if you re under 21 you won t be able to buy cigarettes or e-cigarettes in new york city much longer. the city council voted to raise the age for buying tobacco from 18 to 21, the strictest limit for any american city. the law will go into effect six month months after it s signed by mayor bloomberg. they might keep their smartphones and tablets on while takeoff and landing. they can expand passenger use of portable electronic devices during all phases of the flight as long as the devices remain in airplane mode.
administration finally loosening the rules on the electronic gadgets we all bring on planes. i am pleased to announce that airlines can safely expand passenger use of portable electronic devices during all phases of flight. today, the faa is providing the airlines with the implementation guidance to do just that. but don t break out your smartphones just yet. chris lawrence is there at reagan national airport. chris, you were there when the faa made the announcement. when, exactly, when does this go into effect? well, brooke, certain airlines, delta, jetblue have already filed papers with the faa saying they re ready to go and their fleet is already compliant. delta saying they could be ready to gewith these changes together. more realistically, the faa is going to take some time to make
halloween ngot off to a terrifying start in detroit. firefighters battling several major fires across the city last night. at least two firefighters injured, despite the city s annual angels night patrols. that s when the police, fire department and volunteer programs started back in the 90s in response to the rash of fires that scorched the city during what used to be called devil s night. well, the friendly skies about to get a whole lot friendlier, i think to many people. the government about to relax safety rules. doug mcelway, now, it has a lot to do with these little devices, right, doug? you know it, gretchen. really, the changes we re about to see are not a lot different from what we have right now, but there are a few changes that should make being stuck in that middle seat in coach a little bit more bearable. listen up. i m pleased to announce that airlines can safely expand passenger use of portable electronic devices during all phases of flight. the changes will n
more than 12,000 cycles. the repair is inspected but because a sealant has been used over the gap in the bulkhead, cracks in the rivets are not found. this plane is a ticking time bomb. unfortunately, the repair was insufficient and cracks started to develop over the service life after the airplane was returned into passenger use. there was no proper inspection procedure as well. as jal 123 passes through 24,000 feet cracks begin to connect between the rivets leaving the bulkhead to fail catastrophically. it s a structural failure due not to bad airplane design, but to faulty repair and inadequate oversight. when we look back at structural failures how common is it that is it repair or maintenance related? as a maintainer it pains me to say this more and more we re finding it s repair related.