Runway Dangers, FAA Cover-Up Make Front-Page News
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 04.25.08 | 10:47 AM ET
The New York Times fronts a story reporting, “Groundings have raised flags about skipped inspections, but what really worries specialists is runway collisions,” while the Washington Post leads its print edition with a piece revealing “Federal Aviation Administration managers covered up mistakes by air traffic controllers.” Scary reading for a Friday morning, but not entirely shocking.
We wrote about near collisions at U.S. airports in November, concluding the post with this call by the National Transportation Safety Board: “Until there is a system in place to positively control ground movements of all aircraft, with direct warning to pilots, the potential for this type of disaster will continue to be high.”
Perhaps front-page stories on two of the nation’s most influential newspapers will help keep the pressure on and move air travel in a safer direction.
Related on World Hum:
* Air Traffic Controller to United Pilot: ‘Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!’
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
