Noah talks with Jerry Pace, a retired Hazardous Materials Coordinator for the Federal Aviation Administration and the president of HazMat Guru Consulting and Training, Inc., about the business of transporting dangerous materials across the country and the safety precautions airlines use. In the wake of concerns that hazardous materials may have caused the crash of ValuJet 592, it's come as a surprise to many people that commercial airlines often carry cargo other than passengers in order to make ends meet.
Copyright 1996 NPR