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The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked multiethnic country located within South Asia and Central Asia. The country’s strategic location along important trade routes connecting Asia to Europe and the Middle East has made it a target by invading emperors and armies for centuries. The unforgiving Afghan terrain of deserts and mountains has left even the strongest armies defeated. The Hindu Kush mountain range runs northeast to southwest dividing the Northern provinces from the rest of…

of stall warning induced the airplane to stall. The airplane crashed into a residential area, killing 49 persons on board and 1 on the ground. The airplane that crashed in this accident was a Bombardier Aerospace Q400. The Q400 is a twin-engine airliner designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace in Canada. The operator of the crashed aircraft was Colgan Air. In 2009, Colgan Air was a small carrier operating regional flights for the major carriers. The Flight 3407 was a code-shared…

WWII has impacted us in many different factors such as in politics, there have been many worldwide organisations that have been sprung since WWII ended. An example is the United Nations who are committed in maintaining peace around the globe. One huge factor that has changed society is the social aspects of WWII, since men went off to war women were left to replace men and do their jobs, this led to authorities believing that women could do the same jobs as men. Another factor that has impacted…

In “February 1967, construction” of the World Trade Center began (Remembering 9/11). However, there were many critics of this massive building, including Lawrence Wien, who “ran an ad in The New York Times on May 1968 predicting that a commercial airliner was likely to fly into the towers” (Remembering 9/11). This prediction was based on the premise that a plane would be unable to navigate around these tremendously…

On September 11, 2001 a group named al-Qaeda sent four airliners to the United States carrying suicide attacks. We didn’t expect any attacks at the time or knew there would be any soon that day, it was all a surprise. Two of the planes flew all the way to New York City and crashed into the towers known as the twin towers, the third plane hit the Pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. These crashes resulted to be an extensive death and…

would-be terrorist hijacking a plane with explosives strapped around his torso are a thing of the past. However, it is now possible for liquid explosives in the amount that would fill a contact lens bottle, to potentially bring down a big passenger airliner (Hamilton, 2006). This led to the long standing ban by the Transportation Security Administration [TSA] to ban any containers of liquid in certain amounts. In regards to border security, even the United Nations points out that “effective…

Cheap Air Flight Tickets - What You Had Better Know Today I've come to one simple decision. Taking flight on a commercial airliner is disagreeable in these days. At once, so that you recognize, I'm not picking at first-class or affronting the sizing of the coach seats. I am talking about the issue of flight times and stopovers. Remember when was the last time you had a flight to any destination? I agree with all the security standards. However, the fact is that the runway is overcrowded and…

possible. The Douglas DC-3 is widely known as the plane that changed the world, and this aircraft has always stood out among others. The DC-3, first flown in 1935, was a low-wing twin-engine monoplane that was the world’s first successful commercial airliner, readily adaptable for military use. Over 64 feet long, with a wingspan of 95 feet, the aircraft could seat up to 28 passengers and could carry over 6,000 pounds of cargo. The aircraft is a representative of commercial industry and made a…

Was the American involvement in Iraq Justified? War has been apart of mankind 's history since the beginning of time, but what justifies war? Is war just if one nation attacks another? Is war just if one nation hold a citizen from another nation hostage? War is a brutal way of handling a problem the can solved through conversation and negotiation. The United States (US) involvement in Iraq was not a justified war and we had no reason the set foot in the Iraqi territory. A just war is a war that…

In my essay I will be talking about the major attacks that have happened in al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda has had tons of attacks throughout the years. Al-Qaeda has had a total of 15 bombings. The last bombing was in 2009 December 25th it was an attack on the Northwest Airlines flight 253, Al-Qaeda had sent “abdul mutallab” on a suicide mission. President Barack Obama called it an "attempted terrorist attack," and he promised to use every single element of our national power to disrupt and defeat…