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...Donald Engen, the Federal Aviation administrator, this reversal in fatalities is what really matters in air safety. "I can't deal with somebody claiming that 'the margin of safety has decreased,' " says Engen. "I deal with real facts, the accidents in hundreds of thousands of hours flown. These rates are continuing to go down. It happened in 1986 because we made it happen." Indeed, the number of fatal accidents in U.S. civil aviation in 1986 was 1.09 for each 100,000 hours flown, a decrease from 1.2 in the year before...
...complex world of aviation technology, equipment can and does fail. Still, insists FAA Chief Donald Engen, "any accident, when you dig in, always comes back to human beings. Accidents just don't happen -- they are caused." Airlines need a skilled force of mechanics and technicians to maintain their incredibly complex aircraft. A Boeing 747, for example, contains 4.5 million removable parts, 135 miles of electrical wires and more than a mile of hydraulic tubing. The major airlines are spending as much as or more than before on maintenance of their fleets. But to deal with any carrier that lacks...
...Daniels, 17, of Somerville, who was dragged by a car for at least 900 feet, is now conscious but remains in intensive care at Harvard-affiliated MGH. "Kim is responding fairly well," said Somerville Police Captain Donald Caliguri...
...administration official, speaking on condition he not be identified, told the AP it has been apparent from the outset that Casey probably could not resume his duties, but top White House officials, including White House chief of staff Donald T. Reagan, have been reluctant to begin a search for a successor...
Despite all the talk about Harvard's more balanced scoring attack this season, the statistics show that these three have scored a higher percentage of their team's goals than the top three did last year. Mac-Donald, Barakett and Bourbeau have tallied 54 percent of Harvard's 68 goals, while last year's top three--Tim Smith, Scott Fusco, and Bourbeau--scored only 41 percent of the 187 goals...