Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : FAA Earlier Rejected Icy-Weather Warning
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
More than 10 years before a commuter plane crashed in Indiana, some experts were pushing the Federal Aviation Administration to revise its standards for flying in icy weather, The New York Times reported. The National Transportation Safety Board had been raising questions about flying in freezing drizzle since 1981, when it suggested that larger water droplets were more of a threat than had been previously suspected, the paper said. The warnings were rejected by the FAA.
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