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The crash of the United Airlines Flight 232 is a devastating event and is considered an engineering disaster for two main reasons. The failure of a fan disk in the engine which caused the plane to crash, and the high number of human fatalities due to the crash of the airplane on the runway. The United Airlines Flight 232 took off from Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, and was scheduled to land in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a layover in Chicago, Illinois. It was a passenger…

According to the encyclopedia, the airline industry is “the business of transporting paying passengers and freight by air along regularly scheduled routes, typically by airplanes but also by helicopter.” (Airline, 2016). The airline industry is constantly growing and is central to the expansion of other industries taking place (The Airline Industry, 2016). It is a major industry that many people rely on. The recent changes in the airline industry have greatly impacted our economy and our…

I remember that exact moment. The moment where my life would change with the next step I took. Looking out the window of the airplane, I wondered how my new home, Hong Kong, would be like. So many questions were whizzing around in my head. “Will the kids at my school be nice?” “How are the teachers going to be like?” “How will I communicate with the locals there? I don’t even speak Chinese!” As the thundering roar of the plane began to fill the cabin and the safety announcements began to play, I…

engines or aircraft, not only do they have to be certified to produce parts, but the parts that they produce must be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This process is governed by Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). According to the FAA Design, Manufacturing, & Airworthiness Division, Electrical & Mechanical Equipment Branch, federal regulations that apply to the certification of specific products used in aircraft, aircraft engines and propellers are…

States alone, aviation is estimated to account for more than 6 percent of the nation’s GDP (47). Accordingly, managing such huge industry means many assets. An article in the Journal of Airport Management discussed the introduction of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The authors state that the FAA’s goal was to ensure safe and efficient use of US airspace…

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Requirements Introduction For several years now, FAA has remained pivotal in the formulation and development of sensible aviation regulations in the US. FAA keeps advancing with the government allocating it new responsibilities. For instance, the government directed the agency in 2012 to create laws related to small civilian drones. Despite the issue raising significant concerns, it did not adversely affect the FAA operations. The 1958 formulated…

The Evolution Of Drone Regulations By Rakesh Sharma | November 3, 2015 — 10:16 PM EST Share As drones become popular and find a wide variety of consumer and commercial operations, drone regulations are also taking flight. Several countries have already formalized or are in the process of formalizing rules and laws relating to drone operations. In turn, these new laws could pave the way for a thriving market in drones. (For more, see How Drones Are Changing The Business World.) Why Drone…

The passenger pigeon was once the most abundant birds in North America. They travel in large flocks. The flocks are so large they darkened the sky. Hunting and habitat destruction is what led to the extinction of the passenger pigeons. Martha was the name of the last known living passenger pigeon that died in 1914. There are plans to bring back the passenger pigeon by using a process called de extinction. The process will consist of reconstructing a genome; insert it into a band tailed pigeon…

Deregulation of the air transport industry significantly changed the market conditions all over the world and permanently affected airline competition (Morrison and Winston (1986), Burghouwt and Hakfoort (2001)). Sustainability of airline business model was questioned once the market became open and competition began to strengthen. Only those airlines that were able to react promptly and adjust to the emerging conditions had a chance to sustain profitably and retain their market position. Since…

plan longer than the plane's maximum range, but it also flew for twenty minutes longer than the four hours it was supposed to be able to fly. Normally, flights are required to keep enough fuel on them to fly for an extra thirty minutes incase of an emergency. However, the reserve tanks of LAMIA Flight 2933, were empty. The audio recordings recovered from the black boxes show that the pilot asked for priority to land, explaining that they were nearly out of fuel and experiencing electronic…