This week, the Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show broadcasts from New York, New York. This an important segment about airline safety. A special guest on the program is Joe Sharkey, who talks about being in a mid-air collision and the harrowing feat that the pilots went through to land the plane.

Also joining us is pilot and author Patrick Smith, who gives insight on the end of McDonnell Douglas. Then Heather Poole, author of Cruising Attitude, speaks about safety from a flight attendant’s perspective.

There’s all of this and more on this week’s special broadcast of Peter Greenberg Worldwide.

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Patrick Smith, Pilot and Author of Cockpit Confidential, speaks with Peter about what led to the end of McDonnell Douglas, improvements that have been made in aviation, and why people should be less afraid to fly.

Scott McCartney, Travel Editor for The Wall Street Journal, discusses aviation safety and what doctors can learn from these innovations; and why air travel is much, much safer than it’s ever been before.

Joe Sharkey, Business Travel Editor for The New York Times, talks about being involved in a mid-air collision and the legal ramifications he faced for speaking about it.

Dr. Amy Fraher, Author of The Next Crash: How Short-Term Profit-Seeking Trumps Airline Safety, covers why the financial crash of 2008 still affects airline safety today.

Heather Poole, Flight Attendant and author Cruising Attitude, talks about safety from a flight attendant’s perspective.

By Darra Stone for PeterGreenberg.com