Photo of the Day: A TAM Airbus A330 lined up to depart JFK as a DHL Boeing 767 taxis to the runway. (Photo by Eric Dunetz)
• A day after a ProPublica report revealed that the TSA ignored warnings about the radiation dangers of full-body scanners, the agency now says it will conduct a new safety study. [ProPublica]
• Family members of a man killed in the Reno Air Races disaster have filed a $25 million lawsuit against the family of the crashed airplane’s pilot, Jimmy Leeward, as well as the plane’s mechanic, the Reno Air Racing Association, a manufacturer of aircraft parts and other parties. [Associated Press, via NBC News]
• The United States has formally offered the new Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning for sale to India. [Associated Press, via ABC News]
• A closer look at airlines’ recently-developed practice of hiding availability of conventional seats in an effort to goad customers into buying premium seats. It might not be an accident that the first passenger cited is a guy whose profession is listed as “white-collar crime expert.” [WSJ]
