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AVIATION SAFETY: ISSUES RAISED BY
THE CRASH OF VALUJET FLIGHT 592

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AVIATION SAFETY: ISSUES RAISED BY
THE CRASH OF VALUJET FLIGHT 592

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COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND

INFRASTRUCTURE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS

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COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

DON YOUNG, Alaska

BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman

WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin

SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee
SUSAN MOLINARI, New York

WILLIAM H. ZELIFF, JR., New Hampshire
THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland

Y. TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
BILL BAKER, California

JAY KIM, California

STEPHEN HORN, California
BOB FRANKS, New Jersey

PETER I. BLUTE, Massachusetts
JOHN L. MICA, Florida
JACK QUINN, New York
TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
SPENCER T. BACHUS, Alabama
JERRY WELLER, Illinois
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
TOM LATHAM, Iowa

STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio
ANDREA SEASTRAND, California
RANDY TATE, Washington
SUE KELLY, New York

RAY LAHOOD, Illinois

BILL MARTINI, New Jersey

DAN FRISA, New York

JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia
JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio
PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon
BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
PETE GEREN, Texas

GLENN POSHARD, Illinois

BUD CRAMER, Alabama

BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan

ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia

JERROLD NADLER, New York

PAT DANNER, Missouri

ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey

JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
CORRINE BROWN, Florida
JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan

BOB FILNER, California

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
BILL K. BREWSTER, Oklahoma
KAREN MCCARTHY, Missouri
FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
THOMAS C. SAWYER, Ohio
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi

JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD,
California

ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland

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Broderick, Anthony, Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification,
Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, re-
sponse to question from Rep. Bachus

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Cohen, Hon. William S., a U.S. Senator from Maine, Press Release, Cohen
Questions Why FAA Did Not Act Sooner on ValuJet; Outlines Reforms
Needed to Ensure Air Safety, June 25, 1996

288

Hall, Jim, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board:

Safety recommendation A-80-130, regarding seat crashworthiness aboard
general aviation aircraft, issued December 21, 1980, closed October, 26,
1988

93

Hinson, David R., Administrator, Federal Aviation Administrator, U.S. De-
partment of Transportation:

Response to question from Rep. Coble

204

Response to question from Rep. Brown

207

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