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Airbus Challenges Passenger Recovery Plan Proposal

Steve Scott

Monday, March 24th, 2003

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For long-range flights, it is better to avoid diversions by improving aircraft design than by developing and implementing costly passenger recovery plans, according to an Airbus memorandum obtained by ASW. The Feb. 11 document was written in response to a U.S. Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) report on extended operations (ETOPS). That report essentially applies the same ETOPS standards to three- and four-engine aircraft as are applied to twinjets (see ASW, Jan. 13). One of the precedent-setting aspects of the…

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