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Rick Larsen: We haven't had a fatal commercial passenger accident in the U.S. since 2009, and we owe a great deal of credit for that…

On the recordJune 11, 2013
We haven't had a fatal commercial passenger accident in the U.S. since 2009, and we owe a great deal of credit for that to dedicated safety professionals at agencies like the FAA and the NTSB.
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Rick Larsen
Democratic · Washington

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Larsen credits safety professionals for the absence of fatal accidents since 2009.

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