The Nation - News from June 27, 1986
A ban on sightseeing flights in the Grand Canyon, prompted by the deaths of 25 people in an aerial collision there last week, cleared a House committee. The measure would prohibit flying below the canyon’s rim except for emergency and administrative purposes, and direct the Federal Aviation Administration to “provide for substantial restoration of the natural quiet” of the national park in Arizona through management of air traffic.
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