Air safety: Airport security repercussions due to the September 11 attacks, Federal Aviation Administration, Single European Sky, International Mobile Satellite Organization, Aviation accidents and incidents, Flight attendant, Backscatter X-ray

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 116. Chapters: Airport security repercussions due to the September 11 attacks, Federal Aviation Administration, Single European Sky, International Mobile Satellite Organization, Aviation accidents and incidents, Flight attendant, Backscatter X-ray, List of aircraft hijackings, Lasers and aviation safety, Capstone Program, Sensitive Security Information, Evacuation slide, Flight data recorder, Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool, Security theater, ETOPS, Brace position, Deicing, Inerting system, Controlled Impact Demonstration, Volcanic Ash Advisory Center, Safety Management Systems, Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, Flight test, Covenant Aviation Security, Airline sex discrimination policy controversy, Jet blast deflector, Explosives trace-detection portal machine, Aviation safety improvement initiatives, Don't touch my junk, Pre-flight safety demonstration, Flight envelope protection, Airborne collision avoidance system, Emergency oxygen system, Continuous Duty Overnight, Secure Flight, Crew scheduling, Airmanship, Overwing exits, Runway safety area, Aviators Model Code of Conduct, Aircraft maintenance checks, Air operator's certificate, Flyawake, Flight operations quality assurance, Bromochlorodifluoromethane, CTX, Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee, Chicken gun, SKYbrary, Advance Passenger Information System, Short Term Conflict Alert, Aviation Safety Reporting System, Accident classification, International Aviation Training Centre, Aircraft safety card, SAFA programme, European Common Aviation Area, Airport Movement Area Safety System, X-ray generator, World Area Forecast Center, EU OPS, European Flight Test Safety Award, AmSafe, IATA Operational Safety Audit, Exit row, Farnsworth Lantern Test, Flight Test Safety Committee, AEDC Ballistic Range S-3, Emergency aircraft evacuation, Smoke hood, Global Safety Information Exchange, JAR-OPS 1, International Aviation Safety Assessment Program, Minimum Safe Altitude Warning, Sixty second review, Global War on Error, Obstacle Free Zone, DME torch, Departure resistance, Controlled and Harmonised Aeronautical Information Network, Wire Strike Protection System, Airplane airbags, ECIP, Designated Airworthiness Representative. Excerpt: Air safety is a term encompassing the theory, investigation and categorization of flight failures, and the prevention of such failures through regulation, education and training. It can also be applied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of air travel. During the 1920s, the first laws were passed in the USA to regulate civil aviation. Of particular significance was the Air Commerce Act 1926, which required pilots and aircraft to be examined and licensed, for accidents to be properly investigated, and for the establishment of safety rules and navigation aids, under the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce. Despite this, in 1926 and 1927 there were a total of 24 fatal commercial airline crashes, a further 16 in 1928, and 51 in 1929 (killing 61 people), which remains the worst year on record at an accident rate of about 1 for every 1,000,000 miles (1,600,000 km) flown. Based on the current numbers flying, this would equate to 7,000 fatal incidents per year. The fatal incident rate has declined steadily ever since, and, since 1997 the number of fatal air accidents has been no more than 1 for every 2,000,000,000 person-miles flown (e.g., 100 people flying a plane for 1,00...