The other nightmare: aircraft safety
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The recent crash of an El Al Boeing 747 into an apartment building in Amsterdam illustrates the danger of flying over heavily populated areas. Aircraft makers argue that twin-engined planes are just as safe as those with three or four engines, but the El Al disaster showed that even multi-engined craft can fail.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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How safe is your airline?
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Air travel remains a relatively safe mode of transportation. However, air fatality rates, which declined steadily in the 1960-1990 period, have bottomed out, and may even have begun to rise in 1996. Air safety regulators should push for the adoption of global-positioning satellite technology.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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Mario to ground control
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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the effects of electronic devices such as laptop computers on aviation control systems. A growing number of incidences are occurring that involve avionics malfunctions allegedly caused by consumer electronic products.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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