Flight Attendant Essay

On a Friday morning on June 14, 1985, Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was schedule for a flight destined to Rome, Italy from Athens, Greece. Shortly after take-off, members of the Hezbollah hijacked the airliner that was containing 139 passengers on board. The purpose of the hijacking was the members of the Hezbollah was demanding the release of Shi’ite Muslims that were in custody of Israeli government officials. All passengers on board were unharmed and released during the two-week hostage…

Asiana Flight 214 Kyle Adkins Embry Riddle Introduction to Aeronautical Science ASCI 202 July 10, 2015 Crash of Asiana Flight 214 I. Summary On July 6, 2013, about 1128 Pacific daylight time, a Boeing 777-200ER, Korean registration HL7742, operating as Asiana Airlines flight 214, was on approach to runway 28L when it struck a seawall at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Francisco, California. Three of the 291 passengers were fatally injured; 40 passengers, 8 of the 12 flight…

Helios Airways “Ghost” Flight 522 Abstract : Helios airways flight 522 carrying people to their holiday destination took a tragic dive into the mountains when the whole crew and passengers became unconscious. No one in air or on ground could determine in time what was happening. Investigation revealed that a pilot’s negligence on a routine check proved to be deadly for all 121 on board. Depressurization was the determined caused which happened when the pressurization was left on manual after a…

along a flight path it is imperative to be prepared for any unforeseen situations that may arise during a flight; while prior planning is always a safety net, it will not alleviate every scenario that appears such as inadvertent flight into cloud. Of course Transport Canada has taken the appropriate precautions by incorporating a minimum instrument time of five hours before the issuance of a private pilot license, of which three of those hours can be issued on the ground in approved flight…

on a beautiful September Tuesday morning the first of two planes, American Airlines flight 11 took off from Boston, Massachusetts destine for Los Angeles, California, a Boeing 767 loaded with ninety two passengers which included the five hijackers and the flight crew of eleven as well as twenty thousand gallons of jet fuel barreled into the north tower of the World Trade Center located in New York City. The hit left a burning…

Yesterday, at 7:59 A.M. American Airlines flight 11 took off from Boston’s Logan international airport meant to go to Los Angeles. What wasn’t known at the time was that was the start of a horrible terrorist attack on The United States. 20 minutes later flight attendants on flight 11 informed ground personnel that the plane had been hijacked. Fighter planes were to be sent up, but just before they were in the air, flight 11 crashed floors 93-99 of the north tower of the world trade center.…

specific reason for why they chose these four flights were due to the amount of fuel that was stored for the long trip to California. Two of the four planes, United Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were flown right into the buildings of the World Trade Center located in New York City. One of the four planes, United Airlines Flight 77, flew into the Pentagon located in Washington D.C. The final plane, which was United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field in Shanksville,…

planes. Eighty-one passengers boarded American Airlines Flight 11 on its way to Los Angeles, California. In the same airport a group of people boarded onto United Airlines Flight 175, also going to Los Angeles. Both groups…

B. Cooper purchased a plane ticket to Seattle. During the flight, this mysterious man slipped a note to the flight attendant informing her that he has a bomb and commanded her to tell the pilot (“D.B. Cooper”). Then, he demanded that at the next refueling, they needed to give him $200,000 and to let off the passengers as quick as possible. His wish was granted and the plane took off again to Mexico City with just him, the flight attendant, and the pilots. With the ransom money strapped to his…

are Mohamed Atta and Abdul Aziz al-Omari. These men board a commuter flight that will connect with Flight 11. They will be the ones along with three others to board American Airlines Flight 11 and fly into the North Tower. Within the next few hours, the remaining hijackers will board United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines 77, and United Airlines Flight 93. It is 7:59 a.m in Boston, Massachusetts. American Airlines Flight 11 is taking off. There is 76,400 gallons of fuel in the tank. On…