Avianca Flight 52

difference in gender can alter basic interface between individuals. In addition to the matter of the opposite sex threatening the quality of interaction in many industries, another phenomenon known as mitigation is equally detrimental. Malcolm Gladwell thoroughly discusses this anomaly in his book, Outliers:The Story of Success. During Gladwell’s analyzation of how drastic of an impact mitigation poses, he identifies how common and dangerous it is within the airline industry. Gladwell stumbles upon this complication while listening to the black box recording of a conversation between Captain Laureano Caviedes and his first officer Mauricio Klotz during the last moments before the crash of Avianca Flight 52. As the recording plays, the two aviators swap a tranquil silence throughout the duration of the flight until they discover that their plane has run out of fuel. Upon the exhaustion of the craft’s fuel source, both Klotz and Caviedes alert air traffic control of their emergency. However, instead of panic and assertion echoing in their tone, Klotz downplays the situation and speaks to the controllers as if their position isn’t dire, resulting in the fatal crash of their aircraft. The dilemma with mitigation is that there are a myriad of settings where it is appropriate, but there are also circumstances where it is entirely unacceptable, such as explaining an issue to air traffic control operators. After Gladwell’s description of the recording, he later points out that…

has been a huge noticeable difference in design and innovation. One of many differences in the Cirrus compared to the Cessna, is the avionics. For Example the Cirrus has an ADS-B standard in all of their planes. ADS-B allows the cirrus to have “eyes in the sky” essentially seeing other planes on the screen in correlation to them, creating a safer environment for the Cirrus pilot. In contrast the Cessna does not come equipped with ADS-B, the Cessna is essentially flying blind oblivious to other…

announced, “Lets head to the airport, maybe that is our key to getting back home.” Kate agreed and off they went. When they arrived at the airport, it was dead silent and they couldn’t see anyone inside. Mr. Jack’s bulldog was the first to explore by sniffing around. He started to lick up all of the nasty crumbs from the eatery’s floors. Kate and Mr. Jacks began furiously looking for ways out. They came to Gate C and found the door to the hall that leads to where passengers board the aircraft.…

planning. They must figure out the flight plan, what drone they will be using, compliance, then they must produce a site analysis. That consists of what they call “ground truthing” a team going out and putting out at least 3 ground control points, and 159 manual tie point markers so the computer can tell where there is an elevation change and so they can collect more information for accurate data, as well as being able to track it with the drone and seeing where pictures overlap. They do not get…

are trapped and denied the bliss of soaring in the free skies above. 1. UNWILLINGNESS TO WORK As passengers onboard an airplane are dependent on the pilot to fly them to their destinations, so are our dreams on us. The key to unlocking our dreams lies in hard work but unwillingness to work at it will only rob us of the beauty of seeing our dreamsflying in the sky. Dreams are not something to wait for they are something to work for. Having a dream is not tantamous to itsfulfillment. “Laziness…

numerous amount of things when they spend time together, but this particular moment is more special than any time before. Mack shows Allie how to fly; it is such a pleasant and graceful experience. However, once they finish flying, Mack makes her promise that she will not tell anyone and will never try to fly when he is not around because she can get hurt. As time passes on Allie grows older, and during this period she starts to reminisce about the time she flew wishing she could fly again with…

On May 25, 1979 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 wide body aircraft operated by American Airlines as Flight 191 was scheduled to fly an afternoon flight to Los Angeles International Airport from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport carrying 258 passengers and 13 crewmembers. During the aircraft takeoff roll on runway 32 R at O’Hare International Airport, the engine #1 fell off the left wing. Initially, the aircraft climbed away from the runway in a wings level attitude, but shortly after, the DC-10…

grandfather. He would take me to the Canadian Air and Space Museum located in Ottawa, Canada. While there, we would spend the day watching and learning about the different types of airplanes, where they were first used, and even about different jets at the museum. Every year that we went to visit him, I demanded that we visit the museum at least one time. One of my favorite attractions at the museum was their Flight Simulator. Everytime we went to the museum, going on their Flight Simulator was…

by geese shortly after takeoff. An easy but pricey solution is put sensors on the back, nose, wings, and top regions of the airplane, in order to avoid objects like birds. It is similar technology that is already built-into warplanes to avoid surface-to-air missiles. On the task of weather, this is the airlines problem, they appear to care more about the money than the passengers. It puts extra pressure on the pilots to go through even lightning, sometimes this does not work and the results…

(History of Flight Medicine) Physicians routinely made trips in hot air ballons to make observations of the effects of flight on the human body. “Exposures to higher and higher altitudes for longer and longer durations slowly increased understanding (sometimes with disastrous consequences) of medical conditions such as hypoxia, decompression sickness, hypothermia, frostbite, and cosmic radiation exposure.” (History of Flight Medicine) While these early tests were conducted using the only…