SAFER SKIES PROBLEM IN DEVELOPING NATIONS

Modern aviation involves a worldwide system of sophisticated computers, radar, and communications technology, in addition to ever-more-expensive planes and airports. This reality poses a particular problem for small and developing nations hard pressed to keep up with the latest technology. Developed nations have a keen interest in seeing that facilities in developing nations conform to the high standards of the North because their airlines provide most of the world's international flights. In fact, North American and European airlines carried nearly 70 percent of all passengers flying on scheduled flights in 1992. Since the conclusion of World War II, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the U.N. agency responsible for the safe and orderly development of the world's civil aviation, has overseen worldwide air transportation.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Energy, Environment and Resources Center
  Knoxville, TN  United States  37996
• Authors:
  • Rochat, P
  • Wilde, K
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 60-62
• Serial:
  • Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Airlines; Aviation safety; Civil aviation; Developing countries; Transport aircraft
• Identifier Terms: International Civil Aviation Organization
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00675599
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 2 1995 12:00AM