A program created a decade ago to reduce the extraordinary death toll of Alaska plane crashes reached a milestone with a recent study that found pilot deaths down 57%. How did regulators, operators and scientists crack the safety puzzle? And what more can we do to reduce crashes of the small planes that are basic transportation over most of Alaska?
- Medallion Program
- Capstone Program
- Circle of Safety
- CDC-NIOSH
- Alaska Dispatch: Study Explores How Alaska Reduced Fatal Plane Crashes
- Alaska Air Carriers Association
- Alaska Airmen’s Association
- Alaska Department of Transportation
- Alaskan Aviation Safety Foundation
- Federal Aviation Administration’s Capstone/Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast
- Federal Aviation Administration’s Circle of Safety Program
- Federal Aviation Administration’s Weather Cameras
- Medallion Foundation
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Aviation Safety
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service, Alaska Aviation Weather Unit
- National Transportation Safety Board
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LIVE broadcast: Wednesday, January 11, 2012. 2:00 – 3:00 pm (Alaska time)
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HOST: Charles Wohlforth
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- Mary O’Connor, director, Aviation Safety Program, CDC-NIOSH
- Jerry Rock, past president, Alaska Air Carriers Association
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