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Why airplanes crash : aviation safety in a changing world / Clinton V. Oster, Jr., John S. Strong, C. Kurt Zorn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oster, Clinton V., author.
- Strong, John S., author.
- Zorn, C. Kurt, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aircraft accidents.
- Aircraft accidents--United States.
- Aircraft accidents--Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study discusses how private and public policies can increase airline safety at a time when there is a general trend towards the deregulation of commercial airlines. The authors compare the American experience with that of other countries, particularly Canada.
- Contents:
- Contents; Tables and Figures; Chapter 1. Risk in Air Travel; I: The Safety Record; II: Emerging Safety Issues; Appendix A. Measures of Safety; Appendix B. Definitions and Rules for Assigning Causes to Accidents; Appendix C. Carriers Included in the Canadian Analysis; Glossary; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771073-5
- 1-280-52596-7
- 9786610525966
- 0-19-536108-3
- 1-4294-0730-1
- OCLC:
- 476016088
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