Public concern about the safety of the nations aviation system escalated following the crashes of ValuJet flight 592 and TWA flight 800. The Congress and the public have expressed interest in having the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) publish airline-specific safety data. In a letter to the Administrator of the FAA dated July 10, 1996, you and Senator Wendell Ford requested that the FAA work with the aviation community to recommend the best means to educate the public and to make available to them information about commercial aviation safety, while ensuring that the safety and integrity of the system is maintained. This report reviews FAA's response to your request. Specifically, it addresses the following questions: (1) What actions has FAA taken to make aviation safety information more available to the public; (2) What has been the public demand for FAA's aviation safety information; and (3) What are FAA's plans to expand the aviation safety information available to the public.


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    Title :

    Aviation Safety: FAA Has Begun Efforts to Make Data More Publicly Available


    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    22 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English