Safety Board Urges Airlines To Change Runway Distance Estimates

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is urging carriers not to wait for FAA's rulemaking on changes in calculating stopping distances on contaminated runways and to immediately adopt the incorporation of a 15% safety factor in their calculations. NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker used the...

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