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  • In an interview Monday, Mr. Kolly said air-bags provide "an opportunity to drive those fatality numbers down," adding that the safety board is in a good position "to make judgments about the technology" and its future applications.

    Study Recommends Installing Air Bags on Private Planes Andy Pasztor 2011

  • TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. is recalling 304,000 vehicles globally for air-bags that may inflate with too much pressure in a crash, send metal and plastic pieces flying and cause injuries or deaths.

    Honda Recalls 304,000 Vehicles Worldwide For Air-Bag Problem The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. is recalling 304,000 vehicles globally for air-bags that may inflate with too much pressure in a crash, send metal and plastic pieces flying and cause injuries or deaths.

    Honda Recalls 304,000 Vehicles Worldwide For Air-Bag Problem The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • But can someone get a screen cap of the air-bags that fall from the plane ceiling?

    The Tail Section » LOST - The Plane Crash From All Angles 2007

  • If your air-bags deploy, a call goes out automatically.

    The Wired Road Ahead 2008

  • But one could say the same thing about seat belts, air-bags and even the FM radios mandated during the Cold War to assure the government's ability to broadcast nuclear alerts.

    Don't Give Up on Energy Independence Robert McFarlane 2008

  • My dad used to say that inside of the car's air-bags was uncooked popcorn.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • Yet by Bricklin's own admission, the SUV "can't give us the five-star ratings we wanted, it can't accommodate all the air-bags we wanted, so we have started the process of redesigning cars, which is going to push us back a year."

    The Challengers: A New Honda, Or a New Yugo? 2007

  • They excel most birds in flight, are able to make long nightly journeys, in which they use their wings not only for flight, but as air-bags in which they catch all kinds of flying insects.

    The Human Side of Animals Royal Dixon 1923

  • Life-preservers are chiefly of the belt or jacket type, made to fit about the body and rendered buoyant by slabs of cork sewed into the garment, or by rubber-lined air-bags.

    Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters 1912

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