If our engine is even close to a jet engine in reliability, has a flak shield to protect against a rapid unscheduled disassembly and we have more engines than the typical two of most airliners, then exceeding airline safety should be possible.
That he was unsuccessful in his apparent attempt to down the airliner is both a testament to the quick reactions of those travelling with him and the seemingly experimental nature of the device he was trying to let off.The seriousness of this new threat to airline safety is clear.
According to this chapter, many successful applications have been introduced, but there still is much more to achieve for commercial airliners, and safety is an important ingredient.
Ms. Johnson-Miller said the decision of whether to scrap or recommission an airliner was both a safety and financial one.
Before the crash, Malaysian airliner AirAsia had a sound safety record.
CONTRARY to popular belief, mobile phones do not pose a safety threat to airliners.
It raises further questions about the safety of commercial airliners flying over warzones, as Dutch safety investigators prepare to publish their report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 as it flew over Ukraine, killing all 283 people on board.
As the aviation authorities worked frantically to account for the safety of all airliners in domestic air space, every airport was closed down and all flights in US airspace were ordered to land.
As a result, the FAA set up its National Aging Aircraft Research Program, employing its new full scale Aircraft Structural Test Evaluation and Research Facility in New Jersey; this allowed for predictive testing for structural fatigue, corrosion and many aspects of the operation of aircraft to increase the long-term safety of civil airliners not just in the US, but worldwide.
During a difficult situation they responded quickly and professionally to a potential threat on an airliner with disregard for their own safety.
