United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-10-03 monographic deposited born digital 126 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-33 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-33 P0b002ee18037493d f:d0433 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-33 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-33 GAO-04-33 Aircraft accidents Aircraft maintenance Airline regulation Safety regulation Transportation safety Commercial aviation Research and development Other Written Product A08662 Airline travel is one of the safest modes of public transportation in the United States. Furthermore, there are survivors in the majority of airliner crashes, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Additionally, more passengers might have survived if they had been better protected from the impact of the crash, smoke, or fire or better able to evacuate the airliner. As requested, GAO addressed (1) the regulatory actions that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken and the technological and operational improvements, called advancements, that are available or are being developed to address common safety and health issues in large commercial airliner cabins and (2) the barriers, if any, that the United States faces in implementing such advancements. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-33/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-33.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-33/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-33.pdf GAO-04-33 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-33 Other Written Product GAO-04-33; Aviation Safety: Advancements Being Pursued to Improve Airliner Cabin Occupant Safety and Health; Aircraft accidents Aircraft maintenance Airline regulation Safety regulation Transportation safety Commercial aviation Research and development