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Why airplanes crash : aviation safety in a changing world / Clinton V. Oster, Jr., John S. Strong, C. Kurt Zorn.

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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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