GAO-04-33 Aviation Safety: Advancements Being Pursued To
United States General Accounting Office Report to the Ranking Democratic GAO Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives October 2003 AVIATION SAFETY Advancements Being Pursued to Improve Airliner Cabin Occupant Safety and Health a GAO-04-33 October 2003 AVIATION SAFETY Advancements Being Pursued to Improve Highlights of GAO-04-33, a report to the Airliner Cabin Occupant Safety and Ranking Democratic Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Health House of Representatives Airline travel is one of the safest FAA has taken a number of regulatory actions over the past several decades modes of public transportation in to address safety and health issues faced by passengers and flight attendants the United States. Furthermore, in large commercial airliner cabins. GAO identified 18 completed actions, there are survivors in the majority including those that require safer seats, cushions with better fire-blocking of airliner crashes, according to the properties, better floor emergency lighting, and emergency medical kits. National Transportation Safety GAO also identified 28 advancements that show potential to further improve Board (NTSB). Additionally, more passengers might have survived if cabin safety and health. These advancements vary in their readiness for they had been better protected deployment. Fourteen are mature, currently available, and used in some from the impact of the crash, airliners. Among these are inflatable lap seat belts, exit doors over the wings smoke, or fire or better able to that swing out on hinges instead of requiring manual removal, and photo- evacuate the airliner. As requested, luminescent floor lighting. The other 14 advancements are in various stages GAO addressed (1) the regulatory of research, engineering, and development in the United States, Canada, or actions that the Federal Aviation Europe.
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