Boeing, Airbus clash over runway safety system
Leaders of Boeing and Airbus like to say they don’t compete over safety, and that message is likely to reverberate throughout the international air show that begins Monday. But crash experts believe that isn’t the case when it comes to devising ways to prevent one of the most common types of airliner accidents: planes rolling off the sides or ends of runways during landings. Runway excursions have been the first or second most frequent category of commercial-aviation accidents world-wide for well over 15 years, prompting a series of manoeuvres by both companies to try to grab the lead in combating the hazards. The jet makers remain at loggerheads about a fundamental point: the need for joint US-European technical standards to enhance pilot awareness about the dangers of touching down too fast or too far down a runway. <br/>
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Boeing, Airbus clash over runway safety system
Leaders of Boeing and Airbus like to say they don’t compete over safety, and that message is likely to reverberate throughout the international air show that begins Monday. But crash experts believe that isn’t the case when it comes to devising ways to prevent one of the most common types of airliner accidents: planes rolling off the sides or ends of runways during landings. Runway excursions have been the first or second most frequent category of commercial-aviation accidents world-wide for well over 15 years, prompting a series of manoeuvres by both companies to try to grab the lead in combating the hazards. The jet makers remain at loggerheads about a fundamental point: the need for joint US-European technical standards to enhance pilot awareness about the dangers of touching down too fast or too far down a runway. <br/>
