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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which has a mandate to enhance the safety of air travel, has been suppressing huge quantities of data that apparently show the risks for civilian aircraft are much higher than commonly estimated. The agency’s lame excuses for refusing to release the information must make any traveler wonder how bad the implications might be.
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One person familiar with the results told The A.P. that that pilots reported at least twice as many bird strikes, near midair collisions and runway incursions as other government monitoring systems show.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/op...nd%20Airplanes
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NASA’s Hidden Air Safety Survey
New York Times - Oct 25, 2007
... air traffic controllers, flight attendants and mechanics, were scrapped.
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nasa suppresses flight data - Google News Archive Search
Why are there twice as many mishaps? Twice as many AC are flying.