Case Study Analysis Activity Title: American 191 Name: Date: 20 Apr 2012 Cause(s) of Accident (Two to four paragraphs identifying the probable causes of the accident.) The causes for this aircraft accident, identified in the National Transportation Safety Board(NTSB) Aircraft Accident Report(AAR) 79-17, shows that just after the aircraft reached takeoff speed the number one engine and pylon assembly separated from the wing. When this pylon separated it also pulled a three foot section from the leading edge of the left wing. As previously mentioned the aircraft had already obtained take off speed and continued to takeoff. The aircrew was under the impression at the time that the engine had only failed.
Crisis Management: An Analysis of the 1947 Texas City Explosion Kevin K. Rice Columbia Southern University Abstract Texas City became the site of the worst industrial catastrophe in United States history when two merchant ships, the SS Grandcamp and SS High Flyer, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded on the 16 and 17 April 1947. The Texas City disaster remains the worst industrial accident in US history. This disaster occurred prior to the realization that government entities needed to have emergency management plans. Since this major accident, major improvements have been made in emergency management ;however, the possibility of a disaster is always relative to the seriousness of the threat. This paper is a recounting of the events surrounding the accident, both before, during, and after.
At the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, in Tacoma, Washington, he released thirty-six passengers and two crew members once his demands were met (Pasternak). After taking off again Cooper ordered the plane to fly at a low altitude towards Mexico. At 8:13pm pressure gauges recorded his jump over the Lewis River from 10,000ft into a thunderstorm with over a hundred mile per hour winds and negative temperatures wearing only a thin suit, wrap-around sunglasses, and a rain coat (Brad Meltzer's Decoded). Many people believe that this was a suicidal jump and that Cooper died that night (Mysterious Disappearances in U.S. History). A reporting error in this high interest case mixed up his name forever immortalizing him as D.B.
The discovery by representatives of the NYPD Bomb Squad, found a substance that was later determined to likely be the insoluble residue from the depolarizing element of a small, dry battery. From past knowledge they made a conclusion that a dry cell battery could have powered a flashbulb in an incendiary device. The thought lightning hitting the Hindenburg’s flammable skin was also true. During the Hindenburg’s landing or decent into the airbase, a storm was brewing near the airbase. One lightning hit to the Hindenburg would have sent it into flames.
WHY WAS FLIGHT KAL 007 SHOT DOWN? The mystery of flight KAL 007, 1983 is extremely controversial. A Korean airliner is shot down with two missiles into the Sea of Japan without a fully understandable answer. 269 causalities. Who was responsible for this tragedy?
Web (December 2011). Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.apollolobrary.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA274225840&v=2.1&u=uphoenix&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w Greenhouse, S. (2011, December 9). Lbor board drops case against Boeing after union reaches accord. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/business/labor-board-drops-case-against- boeing.html Fletcher, M. A.
Lindbergh first of all had an impossible task of flying nonstop from New-York to Paris, in addition of the 25,000 dollar price tag posted by Raymond Orteig that comes with the accomplishment. The heroic part of this accomplishment was the combination of both a terrible weather when taking off and the unbelievable darkness that crossed over Cape Cod and Nova Scotia and headed for the open Atlantic. According to Lindbergh, “"Darkness set in about 8:15 and a thin, low fog formed over the sea through which the white bergs showed up with surprising clearness. This fog became thicker and increased in height until within two hours I was just skimming the top of storm clouds at about ten thousand feet. Even at this altitude there was a thick haze through which only the stars directly overhead could be seen.
On December 29, 1972, Eastern Airlines (EA) Flight 401 on a routine evening departs New York-JFK at 9:20 PM to Miami. The local weather during the time Eastern Airlines Flight 401 reached outside of Miami was clear with high visibility, but very dark with no moonlight. Captain Robert Loft, age 55, has flown 29,700 total hours, 280 of them on an L-1011. First Officer Albert Stockstill, age 39, has flown 5,800 total hours, with 306 of them on an L-1011. The aircraft, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, was received by EA on August 18, 1972 and was placed in service on August 21 of that same year.
The incident occurred at an altitude of some 200,000 feet, shortly after reentry and 15 minutes before Columbia had been scheduled to land at Cape Canaveral. TIME science correspondent Jeffrey Kluger explains some of the possible causes and consequences of the accident: TIME.com: What are the possible scenarios that could have caused this disastrous accident on the shuttle's reentry into the Earth's atmosphere? Jeffrey Kluger: There are three possible scenarios that explain this event. The first, which I believe is the likeliest explanation, would be an aerodynamic structural breakup of the shuttle caused by it rolling at the wrong angle. Remember, after reentry, the shuttle is descending without power, which means astronauts at the controls can't compensate for a loss of attitude by using the engines, they can only do so using the flaps.
Vidovic, M., & Rugai, N. (2007). ARE HOOK TURNS A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO SAFE SKYDIVING? A STUDY OF SKYDIVING FATALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1992 TO 2005. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 105(3), 795-802. doi:10.2466/PMS.105.3.795-802 1) This article was written in a volume of Perceptual & Motor Skills a peer reviewed periodical property of Ammon’s Scientific, Ltd. 2) I am using this along with information from the USPA website to provide an accurate portrayal of statistics related to skydiving accidents. Zaretsky, R. (2011).