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| | Extract from Air Safety Week, May 27, 2002 |
 | | They include matters of maintenance compliance, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oversight of Emery's operation, the qualifications of Emery personnel in key positions involving reliability, quality control and quality assurance (in Emery's case, these three critical positions were all held by the same person, another issue of concern). |
 | | Emery's work cards, bereft of detailed instructions on how to install the bolt to the connecting rod assembly, also lacked specific post-work inspection requirements. |
 | | Emery Flight 17 was operating out of Rancho Cordova, Calif., airport, which at that time had no operating control tower, no airport traffic area, no terminal control area, and most importantly, no active, qualified aircraft fire fighting equipment or personnel. |
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