Thursday, November 1, 2007

NASA vows to release aviation safety survey

NASA chief Michael Griffin has promised to make public the results of a survey on US airline safety that suggests that near-collisions, engine failures and other serious problems are much more common than previously thought. NASA had previously refused to release the information, arguing that it may alarm the US public and harm struggling airlines.

At a US congressional hearing on Wednesday, Griffin said a NASA employee "misspoke" in using those reasons to withhold the survey results.

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