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IN BRIEF
Airport
siting
a noise
factor
. The development of
betlcr-situatcd airports,
and not solely the reduc
tion of noise from • air
craft engines, was a
large part of the answer
to solving aircraft noise,
a select committee was
told last night.
Senior representatives ol
Ansett Airlines of Australia
told the House of Repre
sentatives Select Committee
on Aircraft Noise that this
approach to the problem
was already forming the
basis for a solution at a
number of major overseas
cities.
A report compiled by
Ansett Airlines and sub
mitted to the select com
mittee emphasised that the
aircraft noise problem
posed one of the most ser
ious problems facing the
air transport system.
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