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    What additional piece of equipment does a recent USA Today article cite as a main reason for an improvement in airline safety?

    Question #68233. Asked by teash. (Jul 14 06 12:43 PM)


    Brainyblonde

    		Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System

    By the late 1990s, thousands of the devices, which cost from $11,000 to $80,000, were being voluntarily installed on aircraft by airlines. The government followed with a mandate that required their installation on all turbine-powered planes by March 2005.

    Since then, not a single plane equipped with Bateman's invention (or similar models built by competitors) has accidentally run into the ground.

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-29-air-safety-cover_x.htm

    Jul 14 06, 1:58 PM

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