EU to blacklist unsafe airlines

[Eugene]

EU to blacklist unsafe airlines

Leo Cendrowicz in Brussels and agencies
Friday August 19, 2005
The Guardian

The European Commission yesterday announced that it intends to name
and shame airlines that fail to meet basic safety requirements.

The proposal comes as investigators scrutinise the safety records of
Cyprus's Helios Airways, following a crash near Athens on Sunday that
killed all 121 passengers.

The Colombian government has also halted operations of West Caribbean
Airways after the deaths of all 160 people aboard a plane which
crashed in Venezuela on Tuesday.

The EU transport commissioner, Jacques Barrot, yesterday promised a
proposal by October for a public website for passengers and for more
information sharing by European air safety authorities.

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The internet blacklist will include airlines or aircrafts that have
been either banned or restricted in any of the EU's 25 countries.
The French government is also pushing for "blue label" awards for
safer carriers starting early next year.

Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/airlines/story/0,1371,1552292,00.html

[lectrobyte]

1. Can you blame them? Wasn't it a part that fell off of a U.S.

airliner that caused the Concorde to crash?

[oscar111]

2. moved