Weighing the Risks
The action by the FAA to reduce the risk of fuel-tank explosions is welcome but inexcusably late (AW&ST July 21, p. 47). The history of airliner fuel tank explosions is extensive—16 since 1959—seven resulting in fatalities. After the crash of Pan Am 214 in 1963, the deputy director of the Civil...
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