Airline travel is one of the safest modes of public transportation in the United States. Furthermore, there are survivors in the majority of airliner crashes, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). airliner. As requested, GAO addressed (1) the regulatory actions that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken and the technological and operational improvements, called advancements, that are available or are being developed to address common safety and health issues in large commercial airliner cabins and (2) the barriers, if any, that the United States faces in implementing such advancements.


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    Title :

    Aviation Safety: Advancements Being Pursued to Improve Airliner Cabin Occupant Safety and Health


    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    130 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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