Stayin' Aloft
Aircraft safety: It's a subject we don't want to think about -- until too late. Let's take a gander at some new ideas for keeping those good old jet planes where they belong -- in the sky. [Posted Nov. 7, 1996]

With more than 2,700 Boeing 737s on the flight line, it's definitely not a plane you want diving out of the clear blue sky for no good reason. Have investigators finally uncovered the cause of two mysterious 737 crashes? Or is something else wrong with the 737? Probing questions from an aviation expert. Believe it or not, the most common aircraft accident occurs when a plane that seems to be flying normally smashes into the ground. Anybody got a high-tech fix for this little problem?

In 1995, a DC-10 bound for Indonesia from Japan, overshot a runway during takeoff and burst into flames.

This is your captain speaking. I'm feeling very (yawn) s--l--e--e--p--y. Does one of our valued passengers have some ideas for staying awake? ZZZZZZ

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