Foreign object detection (FOD)

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Israel Airports Authority launches Xsight Systems’ FODetect

15 May 2013 | By Xsight Systems

FODetect®, an automated Foreign Object Detection system, is now fully operational in Tel-Aviv Ben-Gurion International Airport...

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Detecting a tragedy

1 June 2012 | By Mr Nutt, Vice President, Aviation Safety, Airports of Thailand

The risks of Foreign Object Debris (FOD) have been well documented, both within the industry and the main stream media. The tragic events of Air France flight 4590, when Concorde crashed at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, was caused by a piece of debris on the runway – a titanium…

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BAA’s collaborative approach

16 July 2009 | By Colin Wood, Director of Airside and Baggage Operations (BAA Heathrow)

Heathrow is the world’s busiest international airport, handling approximately 471,000 air traffic movements annually and employing over 72,000 people, of which a large number are airside workers. The scale and importance of ensuring efficiency among such a vast number of organisations is clear.

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Foreign Object Debris (FOD) detection research

28 March 2008 | By Jim Patterson Jr, Airport Safety Specialist, FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting research to evaluate various technologies capable of detecting Foreign Object Debris (FOD), that may have fallen onto a runway or taxiway. The research being conducted under this program is very aggressive, calling for the installation of different detection technologies at major United States…

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World’s first FOD detection system at YVR

3 April 2007 | By Brett Patterson, Director, Operations Safety and Planning, Vancouver Airport Authority

In March 2000 an A330 departed YVR’s runway 08R shortly after 8pm. During its takeoff roll, and unknown to the flight crew, the port engine cowling fell off the aircraft and shattered into hundreds of pieces down one side of the runway. The flight crew of the tenth aircraft to…