747 Dubai Airplane Crash May Have Been Prevented

HONOLULU, September 15, 2010 - The Boeing 747-400 plane that crashed near Dubai airport on September 3rd
may have landed safely if the aircraft had been equipped with emergency
vision technology. Vision safety equipment is installed on approximately
1,500 airplanes, including aircraft flown by high-ranking government
officials, on executive business jets; however, it is only found on a few
commercial airline fleets.

Preliminary reports and witness accounts from pilots in the area who
listened to the crisis unfold via radio, indicate that there was smoke in the
cockpit and the pilots could not see their instruments. The pilots were
overheard to be "flying blind" before attempting to land, relying on
information about speed, altitude and direction from air traffic controllers.
The airplane eventually crashed killing both crew members.

The fire on board the 747-400 on September 3rd was not unusual. The
former head of the FAA's Flight Standards authored a study in 2002, which
stated that fire events occur on average in one out of every 5,000 flights.
Another study by the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) has indicated that in
North America alone there are on average up to three smoke incidents per day,
resulting in an average of one unscheduled or emergency landing per day.

Accident investigators worldwide, including the NTSB, have made numerous
recommendations over the last forty years to address the serious unsafe
condition of a smoke-filled cockpit. Regulations require that pilots must be
able to see at all times, current technology and procedures (which have been
in place for 50 years) to vent and dilute smoke have proven to be inadequate
when dense smoke cannot be stopped.

Equipment is available that enables pilots to see under the conditions
the crew may have experienced in the Dubai crash: dense, unstoppable smoke in
the cockpit, rendering the pilots unable to see their instruments. This
equipment, known as the "Emergency Vision Assurance System"(TM), or EVAS, is
designed to allow pilots to see to safely land their aircraft during smoke
emergencies. EVAS, is certified by the FAA, EASA, and other foreign
regulatory air agencies.

EVAS technology displaces dense smoke during an in-flight emergency and
creates a clear channel between the pilots masks, the vital instruments and
the cockpit window. This allows pilots to see outside, to see their
instruments, and read emergency checklists in all conditions of flight. As a
result, pilots can safely navigate and land their airplanes.

Pilot unions recently brought the smoke-in-the-cockpit issue to the
attention of Congress by sending letters stating that, "The public and
airline crews deserve the same degree of safety and security" as "the
Secretary of Transportation [and] the Secretary of Homeland Security" …
since their airplanes are equipped with technology to enable their pilots to
see during even the worst smoke emergencies.

Many organizations fly with the Emergency Vision Assurance System(TM),
including JetBlue Airlines in the United States, Swiss-based PrivatAir and
NetJets. Government VIP aircraft in several countries, including the FAA and
military airplanes carrying high-ranking officials, are also equipped with
the technology. It is also standard equipment on state-of-the-art aircraft
entering the aviation world today. To date however, most commercial operators
are not equipped with the Emergency Vision Assurance System(TM), leaving
almost all commercial passengers and crew unprotected from this serious
flight hazard.

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For further information or inquiries contact:

    VisionSafe Corporation
    info@visionsafe.com
    www.visionsafe.com
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Christian Werjefelt of VisionSafe Corporation, +1-808-235-0849, ext. 21, cell, +1-808-284-8069, cwerjefelt at visionsafe.com