Comair Crash Pushes Runway Safety To a Top Priority
Every accident exposes weak links in the aviation system--and ultimately leads to safety improvements. Comair Flight 5191's takeoff roll down an inactive runway in the Kentucky pre-dawn darkness ended in the deaths of 49 of 50 people on board (see p. 33), and it appears human error was the critical...
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