Jessica is Executive Editor of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine. She started as Editor of ShowNews Online, Aviation Week's on-site trade show daily published at the Paris Air Show, NBAA Annual Convention, Singapore Air Show and at other significant aerospace gatherings.
Jessica has worked in television production and management consulting. While not yet a licensed pilot, Ms. Salerno has received flight instruction and has soloed.
A Qantas Boeing 747-400 was reported to have lost all four generator control units (GCUs) about a half hour out from Bangkok, Thailand. The airplane was landing by using standby power and instruments. There were 334 passengers and no injuries were reported. Reports indicate that there was standing water in the galley above the GCUs and that the drip tray that would have prevented water intrusion was cracked.
A Falcon 900, registered to and operated by Sony Aviation Inc., collided with a steamroller while taxiing at Teterboro Airport, Teterboro, N.J. The captain stated that he received clearance from ground control to taxi. He was cleared to Runway 01 and told to hold short of Runway 06 at Taxiway G. As they taxied, they observed the surrounding environment and activity ahead. There were no warnings or special instructions issued by ground control regarding the construction area.
A Piper 601P (N717SB) was substantially damaged during a ditching in a lake about seven miles east of Penn Yan, N.Y., after both engines lost power during normal cruise. The accident happened at about 1327 EDT, approximately 17 minutes after the airplane departed Rochester Airport in Rochester, N.Y. According to the FAA safety inspector, the airplane was refueled in Rochester for the continuation of the cross-country flight. After departure, the pilot reported climbing to 5,000 feet, where both engines began to run rough.
