Airline Safety A Special Report

July, 1980

Airline Safety A Special ReportLet's assume that you are going to be in a major air crash. Just hypothetically, based on what we know about major air crashes. Say you and your wife are going on your vacation on Western Airlines flight 2605, a DC-10 that leaves Los Angeles for Mexico City, due to arrive at 6:05 a.m. Mexico City time. You roar down the runway and experience the thrill of lift-off. The basin is beautiful at night, even in the orange haze, and you admire the surreal lights as the sl...