题名: |
Aviation Safety: Safer Skies Initiative Has Taken Initial Steps to Reduce Accident Rates by 2007 |
关键词: |
AVIATION ACCIDENTS, AVIATION SAFETY, COMMERCIAL AVIATION, GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS. |
摘要: |
The continued growth forecast for U.S. aviation in the coming decade will likely bring a rise in fatal accidents if the current accident rate is not reduced. Commercial aviation, used by most Americans when they fly, experienced an average of 6 fatal accidents a year in the United States in 1994-96; general aviation experienced an average of 380 a year. If the projected growth in flight hours occurs and the fatal accident rate is not reduced, GAO estimates in this report that the number of fatal commercial aviation accidents could rise to 9 per year and the number of fatal general aviation accidents to 484 by 2007. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Congress, and the aviation industry have acknowledged this potential danger and have recommended ways to address it. In 1997, two major commissions on aviation safety recommend |
总页数: |
105 |
报告类型: |
科技报告 |