FAA warms to passenger airbags to meet head injury standards

FAA appears willing to permit Jetstream Aircraft to use passenger airbags on the seats of its 4100 series aircraft to satisfy head injury rules. The agency acknowledges that the requirement "has proved difficult to comply with using conventional means," and that there has been "resistance" to...

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