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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is now partnering with the French Immigration Ministry as part of the Immigration Advisory Program, under which CBP deploys advisors to provide on-site training and technical assistance to foreign Customs administrations or border control agencies.
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U.S. CBP - "The Immigration Advisory Program enhances border security as part of a layered security strategy by preventing high-risk passengers from boarding commercial aircraft destined for the U.S., disrupting alien smuggling and human trafficking air routes, combating the proliferation of fraudulent travel documents, and prevents improperly documented passengers from traveling to the U.S."
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A UPS-operated Boeing 747 crashed into a Dubai military base shortly after takeoff today, killing the two crewmembers on board. It is not clear if there were any casualties on the ground.
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Miami International Airport was closed down for more than seven hours early Friday after TSA screeners found what looked like a pipe bomb in a man's checked bag. It is being reported that the item in question belongs to a 70-year-old scientist and that it was some type of "canister" that did not contain explosives, but is still being inspected by the FBI.
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CNN - "A source close to the investigation told CNN that the passenger was an American and has a history that includes incarcerations. It was the man's history along with the suspicious item that ramped up concern, the source said."
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The FAA announced Tuesday (8/31) that "pilots authorized by air traffic controllers to taxi onto runways and await takeoff clearance will be instructed to 'line up and wait' rather than 'position and hold' beginning on September 30 under new terminology adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration."
The new terminology conforms to what is used internationally under International Civil Aviation Organization guidelines.
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A Dutch judge ordered the release from custody of the two Yemeni men who were under investigation in Amsterdam after U.S. authorities became suspicious of their behavior and the contents of their airline luggage earlier this week.
The two were not charged with any crime. It isn't clear if U.S. authorities plan to conduct any further investigation of the incident.
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San Francisco Chronicle - "A Qantas Airways flight made an emergency landing at San Francisco International Airport early Tuesday after an engine failure in midair punched a hole in the external casing, an incident that one expert called "extremely rare.""
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USA Today - "Flaws in flight simulator training helped trigger some of the worst airline accidents in the past decade, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal accident records."
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Beginning September 1, 2010 the entire southern U.S. border with Mexico will be patrolled by Predator Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flights. Up until now there were no UAS flights on the entire Texas/Mexico border all the way to the Gulf.
From the article:
U.S. DHS - "The new, border-wide use of the Predator aircraft, comes on the heels of the recently passed Southwest border security supplemental legislation, which will provide two additional UASs that will bolster these newly expanded operations."
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