accident survival

Vic Hewes, a retired airline pilot who for 32 years was chairman of the pilot association's committee concerned with accident survival and accident prevention, said an aircraft's crew must exercise discretion in deciding whether to have a plane de-iced after it has left the terminal.

Another expert scheduled to testify next week, Robert P. Massi, vice chairman of the accident survival committee with the Air Line Pilots Association, said that in rating how serious a hazard was to an airplane in flight, "fire is right up there with a wing falling off."