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- <title>
- Aug. 20, 1990: Our Regularly Scheduled Crash
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Aug. 20, 1990 Showdown
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 17
- Our Regularly Scheduled Crash
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- <body>
- <p>By Paul Gray/Reported by David Ellis
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- <p> Boeing has made a detailed analysis of the record of
- worldwide airplane accidents and has come to a downbeat
- conclusion: the annual number of fatal, "hull loss" crashes may
- reach 20 to 25 by 2005. (The 1980-89 average: roughly 13 a
- year.) In other words, the world could face a massive air
- catastrophe every two to three weeks. Why? Boeing concludes
- that while traffic in the sky is increasing, the installation
- of cockpit warning systems and landing-guidance devices is not.
- The survey found that flight-crew error was ruled responsible
- for 73% of fatal accidents. Of these, 41% occurred during
- landings, often because of unstable approaches. Among other
- remedies, Boeing endorses worldwide use of pilot warning
- systems. It also urges airlines to monitor all flight-recorder
- data and review performances with the crews. Most foreign
- carriers--but none in the U.S.--do this now.
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- </body>
- </article>
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