Safety In The Air
Beceived Monday, 7 p.m. LONDON, May 31, ^ Britain is seeking to delay the iittro-' duction of international stand.ai'ds i pT? safety for airliners. This dxselpshi'e was made by Lord Nathan, Minist'er pf Civil Aviation, at the openihgl 'of theconference of the Commonwealth- Air Traiisport Cpuncil at which New Zealand is represented ■ by Messrs I' Shannahan, E. A. Gibson, S. R. Mea-. tham aiid P. P. Heiler. The International Civil Aviation Organisation has laid down basie standards of construction and performanee and it has been agreed that all new machines must eonform to them from 1951. When the assembly of I.C.A.O. meets in Geneva next month, Britain is to propose that the date oi bringing the new safety regulations into force, should be postponed. This move is jr'orced upon the Government because most of the new passenger carrying aircraft at present being built in this country, do not comply with the new regulations which Britain has already agreed to as a niember of I.C.A.O. Preliminary soundings suggest that France is struggling to re,build her aircraft industry and will be the only certain supportcr of Britain. America. wliose -new type of airli'ners comply with I.C.A.O. safety standards, will 'fight postpdnement. ■ '
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 June 1948, Page 3
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