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FAA Seeks To Close Security Gap in Aircraft Registration
2010-12-10
The FAA lacks key information on the ownership of as many as 1/3 of the 357,000 private & commercial aircraft registered in the US due to defects in its database. Drug traffickers have used phony registration numbers to evade law enforcement & police have raided the wrong aircraft due to erroneous registration information. Up until now US aircraft registration with the FAA has been mandatory only on an initial sale with no requirement to update information as it changes. In 2007 the FAA warned that there was a large pool of registration numbers that could be used illegally due to defective records. Starting next year the FAA will cancel existing registrations & force aircraft owners to re-register.
Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418

#2  It also sounds like a way for the FAA to boost its operating budget for a year with all of those fees for re-registration.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2010-12-10 13:56  

#1  But you can trust government agencies with your life and health care!

/sarc
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-12-10 11:50  

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