Frequent Tour Bus Crashes Must be Curbed

As reported in the Buffalo News August 19,2009 ” Members of the Clarence Center Fire Department were honored today at the opening ceremony of the 137th annual New York State Firemen’s Association annual convention.”

According to the New York Times “Roughly 15 years ago, the federal agency that investigates air disasters(NTSA) made a plea for more data on the air-tour industry, to improve safety for helicopter, airplane, balloon and airship flights around the nation. Six years later, it asked again.” Preventable fatal

In a New York Times article “Steven J. Korotky, a flight instructor, called the uncontrolled Hudson River air traffic corridor a “tunnel,” and a tight one at that. Kenneth Jacobsen, who has flown privately chartered helicopters in New York since 1982, said that while he considered aviation safe