Are there more near-collisions than we're told? (Winging It)

Are there more near-collisions than we're told?

NASA, it turns out, has done a major study of pilot and other avation professionals' reporting of safety-related incidents, including near-collisions of planes on the ground and in the air. But the space agency won't release the data -- at least not to the media -- because it thinks you'll be scared to fly. Read about what the data shows in an AP story here.

Posted by Tom Belden on October 23, 2007 1:10 PM | Permalink

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