The Nation - News from June 24, 1986
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The General Accounting Office told Congress that aircraft chartered to move military personnel have a higher rate of failing federal inspections than commercial airliners. The report said that 75% of the planes under Pentagon contract were ranked in the lower half of all aircraft inspected by the Federal Aviation Administration. Rep. Charles Bennett (D-Fla.) has introduced legislation to require Pentagon inspection of all such flights.
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