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Released: June 19, 2011
How safe is that foreign airline?
Source: Gary Stoller, USA Today
Millions of Americans board flights on foreign airlines every year with little or no idea of how safe they will be, and the U.S. government provides no help telling them which ones may be risky to fly. In contrast, the European Union gives passengers a safety yardstick by listing foreign airlines — more than 270 of them from 20 nations — it has banned from flying into airports within the EU because it considers the airlines too unsafe. The U.S. government's aviation safety regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration, lists nations' civil aviation authorities that do not meet minimum international standards for safe flying and do not provide proper oversight of airlines based within their borders.Read Full Article: How safe is that foreign airline?
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