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Topic: Airline safety

The silhouette of a commercial airplane flies over skyscrapers (Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Aviation's risky mental health paradox

Gabriella Ferrigine
In this National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) handout, plastic covers the exterior of the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. (NTSB via Getty Images)

Boeing's problems stem from FAA neglect

Brian A. Barsky
Robert J. MacLean speaks during a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill June 9, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing on the Transportation Security Administration. (Brendad Smialowski/Afp via Getty Images)

The battle over aviation safety

Rick Schmitt - FairWarning
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Why pilots should sleep in the cockpit

Scott Winter, Stephen Rice - The Conversation
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Still grounded

Nicole Karlis

radiation in the air

Timothy J. Jorgensen - The Conversation

Your pilot might be sleeping

Mark Gerchick
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