Worried About Air Travel Safety?Initial reports indicated that last week's tragic crash of the Singapore Airlines  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . Flight 006 in Taiwan may have occurred when the aircraft hit an object on the runway at busy Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (jyäng kī-shĕk, jyäng), 1887–1975, Chinese Nationalist leader. He was also called Chiang Chung-cheng. International Airport. The plane was bound for Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX , which is also operating well over capacity with little relief in sight. So, the Business Journal asks: Are you concerned about the safety of flying out of LAX? John A. D'Elia Senior Associate Director for Major Gifts Fuller Theological Seminary Through its three schools, Theology, Psychology, Intercultural Studies, and the Horner Center for Lifelong Learning, the seminary offers university-style education leading to 13 different degrees accredited by the Association of Theological Schools[1] and the Western I travel internationally often, but I am not particularly concerned because I am not aware of any specific dangers. I have normal concerns about flying because I travel so frequently, but I have never experienced any problems. Shaun Thompson Publicist pub·li·cist n. One who publicizes, especially a press or publicity agent. publicist Noun a person, such as a press agent or journalist, who publicizes something publicist Carl Byoir & Associates I have an overall disdain for traveling out of LAX because of the heavy flight traffic. Burbank is much more convenient and accessible. The recent accident does not affect my feelings toward safety at LAX. Things happen and the crash was a fluke fluke, parasitic flatworm of the trematoda class, related to the tapeworm. Instead of the cilia, external sense organs, and epidermis of the free-living flatworms, adult flukes have sucking disks with which they cling to their hosts and an external cuticle that . Jeanne Berney Senior Vice President, Film and Digital Entertainment Rogers & Cowan I feel that LAX is much safer than the airport where the crash occurred. For instance, LAX has two parallel runways, the weather is always good, the landing patterns are always the same, and there is no cross traffic. I have great respect for the people who fly airplanes and run airports. I feel fortunate to live in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. where I will be using an airport that has a set of circumstances that keep it safer. Owen Gross Associate Pircher, Michols & Meeks No, I don't have worries about flying in airplanes as a whole. I am not familiar enough with the layout of the airport where the accident occurred to make a correlation with LAX that would cause me to be concerned. Dianna Bari Senior Account Executive Socket Media Definitely. A key factor of the accident is that the airplane was taking off in a typhoon typhoon: see hurricane. , and there is the possibility that the object that was hit could have been spotted otherwise. There seems to be a trend in this sort of airplane accident. I am hesitant to fly anyway, so this accident definitely raises concerns about air travel safety for me. Ed Sauve Senior Vice President Silicon Valley Bank Generally, no. I have more confidence in the rules and regulations in Los Angeles and the U.S.I hope that the FAA will stay vigilant in the efforts that keep Los Angeles travel safe. C. Dennis Loomis Partner Lord, Bissell & Brook My concerns with air travel safety out of LAX are the same ones that I had before the incident with the Singapore Airlines flight. I am a private pilot and, from what I understand, LAX has had more than its fair snare snare (snar) a wire loop for removing polyps and tumors by encircling them at the base and closing the loop. snare n. of close calls. The pattern of runway incursions is what concerns me. The reports that I have read indicate that there have been situations where taxiing aircraft have gone onto an active runway and either collided with another airplane or came close. This problem is due to error by the pilot or the controller. |
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