September 25, 2009 Aviation Safety Asks, "Will the FAA's Proposed Changes Help Prevent Another Midair in the Hudson River Corridor?"

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By Joseph E. (Jeb) Burnside, Aviation Safety Editor-in-Chief

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The FAA reacted quickly to the August 8 midair collision between a Piper Lance and a tour helicopter over New York City's Hudson River, proposing a series of operational and ATC changes designed to facilitate separation of fixed-wing and rotorcraft traffic. But will the FAA's proposals help? In the inaugural episode of a new podcast series here on AVweb, Aviation Safety magazine's Editor-in-Chief Jeb Burnside discusses these and other questions with Newark, N.J. tower controller Eddie Kragh and with Jeff Smith, chairman of the Eastern Region Helicopter Council.

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