Record air traffic causing near misses - on the ground

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With a record 665 million travelers taking
to the skies, the nation's runways are
jam-packed and the number of near misses
on the ground - the most potentially
dangerous - continues to climb.

. . .

"The number of runway incursions remains
alarmingly high," says National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Chairman James Hall. At a hearing this week
in Washington, Mr. Hall called on the FAA
to focus on more common-sense solutions -
like requiring pilots to get clearance before
they cross every runway - as opposed to
waiting for the high-tech computer fix, which
is already 10 years behind schedule.

Christian Science Monitor

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), June 17, 2000


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