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Radio Guest List—Airline Safety Special—August 1, 2015

cockpit1This week, the Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show reports on the new and fascinating developments in the search for Malaysia Air Flight 370—one of aviation’s greatest mysteries—as part of a wing strongly believed to be from the ill-fated Boeing 777 washed up on Reunion Island.

What will that barnacle-encrusted wing tell investigators that might finally lead them to the rest of the wreckage? How will oceanographers and marine bioligists now figure into the investigation, and what can they learn from the marine growth on that six-foot piece of metal? Will we ever know what happened on a flight that went missing 17 months ago? It’s all part of a special edition of the Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show focusing exclusively on air safety.

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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