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Hot section Torqued: Lessons for 2010

One year’s end always gets me thinking about the past 12 months and my hopes for the year to come.

By John Goglia • Writer

December 29, 2009

One year’s end always gets me thinking about the past 12 months and my hopes for the year to come. In my business, one of the things I do is look at the accidents that have occurred, what we can learn from them and how we can prevent future ones. Last year there were two high-profile accidents that have a lot to teach us; unfortunately, the lessons are ones we have already learned but for whatever reasons failed to tackle successfully.

In the first two months of 2009, spectacular crashes captured the nation’s attention. The first, the water landing of an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River, involved a migration of Canada geese and ended with the splash heard round the world. The second involved a Colgan Air commuter flight from Newark that crashed and burned on approach to Buffalo. My wish for 2010 is that we actually learn these lessons once and for all.

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