Air Safety Steps Are They Too Slow
Air safety steps face slow progress as air traffic control upgrades lag behind rising air travel. An FAA study notes collisions persist despite more aircraft, urging faster deployment of automatic tracking gear and radar expansion to reduce controller workload and prevent disasters like the North Carolina crash that killed 82.
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North Carolina
FAA
Air Transport Association
Trade Organization For
Asheville
N.C
Con
Maine
John H. Reed
New National Transportation Safety Board
Ernest Hollingsworth
Collision Uproar Spurs Hearing On Air Safety
Congress and key officials gear up for public hearings after a Piedmont jet collides with a private Cessna near Asheville Hendersonville airport. Staggers and others push to ban small planes from commercial airports. radar availability and terminal surveillance cited as cost-effective safety measures.
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Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
House Commerce Committee
William McKee
Federal Aviation Administration
Joseph O'Connell
National Transportation Safety Board
Civil Aeronautics Board
Howard W. Baker
R Tenn
Rep
Saniel
Stratton
D-N.y
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Vern Haugland
Washington
National Transportation Safety Shold
Hendersonville
Piedmont Airlines
Trans World Airlines
Urbana
Ohio
Association
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Staggers
Piedmont
William L. Springer
Ail
GOP
Commerce Committiee
Pata
Pai
Dental RE
California
Welfare Pensioners
K-Rats
Cotmactioas
Remaire Dr.rowan
W. Broadway
Long Seach
Long Beach Blvd
Compton
Alondra
Royal Carpet & Draperies
Magee—Gulista
Impetial
World
Tread—Crown—Sweetwater
Alexander Leith
Restate
Eal
George H. Barclay
Ewa
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Challenger
Omaha
Chicago
L.A
Husband & Wife
Pullman
Rail Transportation
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Ticket Office
Long Beach
Atl
Dooley’s
Westinghouse
Westingho
Dooley
Westinghouse Suding
Dooley’s Hardware Mart
Sro Teste
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