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It Takes More Than Just Meeting the Regs to Reduce Accidents

The Medallion Foundation, which is focused on changing the culture and attitude of commercial air operators and pilots flying in Alaska, awarded its first rotor-wing Safety Shield award to Prism Helicopters of Wasilla, Alaska, in October.

By Amy Laboda • Writer

March 4, 2013

The Medallion Foundation is focused on changing the culture and attitude of commercial air operators and pilots flying in Alaska. The verdict? So far, so good. Fatal controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents among commercial air carriers have been reduced 57 percent from 2000 to 2009, according to a paper recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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