Aviation accidents and incidents

Duties of Airline Pilot An aircraft pilot is accountable for the Safety and Security of the aircraft, travellers, crew members and cargo under various air traffic circumstances. Roles of an airline pilot are somewhat stimulating which can be accomplished successfully if the pilot is well skilled in all phases. The main role is positively to fly the aircraft securely from the departure airport to the target. Other than the air route there are other concerns as well that the Pilot has to take care…

British Airways Flight 5390 Accident The aviation accident that will be discussed in this paper is the British Airways Flight 5390. The accident happened on June 10, 1990 during the plane’s flight from Birmingham airport to Malaga, Spain. The plane took off at 7:20 am local time at the Birmingham airport with 81 passengers, four cabin crews and two flight crews. The plane was captained by Tim Lancaster, an experienced pilot with 11,050 flight hours, and co-piloted by Alastair Achison, also an…

employ a Safety Management System (“SMS”) to mitigate risk of injury to employees, to avert from accidents, reduce damage to equipment and property, and to work proactively towards recognizing and moderating the existence of hazards. It is Airus Airlines policy to recognize and abide by all appropriate federal and provincial laws and regulations concerning safety. Airus Airlines endeavours to foster aviation industry “best practices” regarding safety and provides each worker with a safe and…

4. Technical Accidents Over the years there have been several incidences that changed the face of aviation industry. I will talk about three incidents that gave rise to significant revisions in the aeronautical technology. 4.1. United Airlines Flight 811  Incident- United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a cargo door failure while flying from Hawaii to Auckland on February 24, 1989. After flying for about sixteen minutes and reaching an altitude of 22,000-23,000 feet, the forward cargo door…

book, William Langewiesche humorously examines the changing landscape of today’s aviation industry. The book artfully and clearly renders the rich history of civil aviation and explores recent developments in technology, aviation unions, and financial challenges facing the industry. The author posits that aviation is a field whereby human capabilities have been surpassed by machines. Recent advancements in aviation, including fly by wire, led the author to conclude that it might be necessary to…

Chapter 5: Crashes that changed aviation There accidents that were a wake up call in the aviation industry. They triggered important safety improvements and upgrades; some of them are felt the moment you sent foot on a plane as. On June 30, 1956 the commercial aviation of the USA was hit by one of the worst accidents in those days in terms of money spent. TWA flight 2 and united airlines flight 718 collided in midair above the Grand Canyon due to both of them flying in the same airspace. Its…

traditional view is focused on either short or long term exhaustion due continuous task performance. The aviation industry has further expounded on the traditional view of fatigue and asserts that performance and levels of alertness are significantly impacted by periods of extended wakefulness without ample sleep recovery. As a result of significant aviation accidents and incidents, fatigue studies in aviation have found that sleep deprivation and circadian rhythm compromise are just as…

quickest mode of transport in most of the country in the world. “The accident rate for airline travel is lower than for any other mode of transportation, and it continues to decline” (Lane, 2005). However, with incidents like September 11 attack, MH370 and MH17, it shows that accidents do happen and cause a lot of fatalities. “Airlines choose to avoid the financial distress by purchasing insurance against loss-through-accident” (Lane, 2005). It is also considered one of the method to transfer…

The authority concluded the incident by blaming on those pilots since those two airplanes were under Visual Flight Rules, it was their responsibilities to avoid…

technically makes the operator a pilot according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Evidently enough, the main reason why people buy these drones in the first place is due to its’ capabilities of capturing video and photography from such great distances that would otherwise be impossible to the average person. For this reason, drones are gaining an overwhelming…