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The new large aircraft: will present safety trends be reversed?

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The evolutionary process of safety improvements in the air transport industry has succeeded in making air travel safer than ever before. However, will the development and introduction of the new large aircraft (NLA) raise new safety issues? This paper examines those areas of aircraft operation in which safety may be compromised. Examples of past incidents are included in the discussion of wake vortex generation, airport ground manoeuvres and operations, the provision of airport rescue and fire-fighting services and the emergency evacuation of passengers from aircraft. As an aid to improvements in safety, the potential benefits of new technologies are examined. The paper concludes that there is little evidence that the introduction of the NLA will create new safety problems, but that specific safety issues, which exist with current aircraft types, require further investigation to ensure that air transport continues to be a safe form of travel.

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  • Fewings, Rodney, 1994. "The new large aircraft: will present safety trends be reversed?," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 1(4), pages 237-244.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jaitra:v:1:y:1994:i:4:p:237-244
    DOI: 10.1016/0969-6997(94)90015-9
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