Aviation Safety: Issues Raised by the Crash of Valujet Flight 592 : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, June 25, 1996U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997 - 571 pages |
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... result of the ValuJet plane that crashed into the Everglades on May 11 and killed 110 people . As we examine the range of issues raised by this crash , I think it would be wrong not to stop and pay tribute to their memory . We were all ...
... result of the ValuJet plane that crashed into the Everglades on May 11 and killed 110 people . As we examine the range of issues raised by this crash , I think it would be wrong not to stop and pay tribute to their memory . We were all ...
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... results since October 1993 , clearly shows that ValuJet began having prob- lems almost immediately after it began flying , and some of those problems persisted throughout its period of operation . But , to me , one of the most serious ...
... results since October 1993 , clearly shows that ValuJet began having prob- lems almost immediately after it began flying , and some of those problems persisted throughout its period of operation . But , to me , one of the most serious ...
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... results of the agency's 30 - day inten- sive inspection program where there were some 2,000 inspections conducted , but just last month the FAA issued an emergency order suspending another air carrier's operating certificate because of ...
... results of the agency's 30 - day inten- sive inspection program where there were some 2,000 inspections conducted , but just last month the FAA issued an emergency order suspending another air carrier's operating certificate because of ...
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... result of previous lessons learned and ignored or forgotten . As you know , Mr. Chairman , we recently concluded the recovery efforts in the Everglades after an unprecedented month - long search for wreckage , and on the part of the ...
... result of previous lessons learned and ignored or forgotten . As you know , Mr. Chairman , we recently concluded the recovery efforts in the Everglades after an unprecedented month - long search for wreckage , and on the part of the ...
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... result of this , Mr. Chairman , there were four issues that I believe are before the FAA and therefore before this committee , and I want to say what those are and talk briefly about them . The first is the transportation of hazardous ...
... result of this , Mr. Chairman , there were four issues that I believe are before the FAA and therefore before this committee , and I want to say what those are and talk briefly about them . The first is the transportation of hazardous ...
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