- Author
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Federal Aviation Administration
- Title
- Aircraft Safety Research Plan.
- Coporate
- Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ
- Keywords
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aircraft safety
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flight safety
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aging (metallurgy)
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aircraft engines
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fuel safety
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aircraft structures
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structural design
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inspection
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propulsion
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airworthiness
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crashworithiness
- Identifiers
- adverse flying conditions; control system safety; engine structural safety; materials fire safety; fire management
- Abstract
- The goal of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Aircraft Safety Research Program is a 50 percent reduction in fatalities due to aircraft accidents by the year 2000. The aviation industry continues to be one of growth and technological change. Commercial air passenger traffic is expected to grow at an annual rate of 5 percent with passengers reaching 820 million annually by the year 2000. In this period, a larger percentage of the commercial jet fleet will have exceeded their original economic design life. Aircraft delivered towards the end of the century will be controlled electronically rather than mechanically. The total fleet will be characterized by a wide spectrum of technical sophistication in airplane electrical and mechanical systems.