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Midway Accident Prompts Questions About Short Runways
Dec 19 2005 // A New Federal Law Encourages Airports to Build Safety Zones or Extend Runways by 2015 A deadly accident in which a Boeing 737 slid off the end of a snowy Chicago runway on Dec. 8 brought renewed demands for buffer zones or...
Midway Accident Prompts Questions About Short Runways
Dec 18 2005 // A New Federal Law Encourages Airports to Build Safety Zones or Extend Runways by 2015 A deadly accident in which a Boeing 737 slid off the end of a snowy Chicago runway on Dec. 8 brought renewed demands for buffer zones or...
NTSB Chairman to Speak at Md. Town Hall Meeting Focusing on Teen Driving Deaths
Dec 16 2004 // National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners will speak to Washington, D.C. area parents about teen driving safety at a town hall meeting on Thursday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m. “In Maryland, teen...
NTSB Backs Greater Oversight of Drivers with High-Risk Medical Conditions
Nov 11 2004 // In a report adopted this week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that certain medical conditions can increase a driver’s accident risk and are incompatible with unrestricted operation of motor...