As AS3 got started on what certainly appears to be a record year
for this event, NATA president James K. Coyne has announced the
launch of a new, industry-wide risk management program with the
goal of reducing ground-related accidents by 50 percent over the
next five years.
Speaking at the opening General Session of the AS3 tradeshow in Las
Vegas, Coyne (below, right) said that the program envisions
creating a "zero tolerance" culture where safety on the ground
equals that in the air.
Chinese aviation authorities say the death toll in the crash of
a chartered IL-76 cargo plane has reached seven, after it went down
near the town of Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang Province.
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