WASHINGTON - Prompted by a Missouri plane crash, federal safety investigators called Tuesday for better government oversight of commercial skydiving operations because of too many recurring safety problems with the aircraft and pilots that fly skydivers to their jumps.
Investigation of plane crash prompts call for better skydiving oversight
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | 4:44 p.m. CDT;
updated 1:07 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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