Roaches, Bacteria Found Inside Airline Food Facility

We’ve all heard the jokes about how bad airline food is, but this is no joke. The Food and Drug Administration has warned LSG Sky Chefs, a leading producer of in-flight food, about recent inspections which found live and dead roaches and the potentially deadly bacteria listeria inside the company’s Denver food-processing plant.

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Federal Officials Move to Increase Emergency Medical Helicopter Safety

Alarmed by a rash of recent crashes and close calls involving emergency medical helicopters, federal safety officials are considering offering financial incentives to operators who install additional safety measures and spend more money on training pilots. In 2008, emergency medical helicopter crashes claimed 29 lives in the United States and marked the deadliest year for such incidents in U.S. history, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The rash of accidents prompted safety officials to take another look at how …

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