Flight

The fight-or-flight response is the reaction when a person perceives a threat. This person has now has two physiological options, to stand up to that threat and fight, or to run away (Grohol). To understand what happens during fight or flight, one needs to understand what chemicals and hormones are used during the process. First, the nervous system is broken down into two major systems: Central and Peripheral. The central nervous system consists of the brain and the spinal cord, and deals with…

gives you that extreme rush of energy that makes you feel like you can do almost anything. Most of the cases, when you get an adrenaline rush, are in fight or flight situations. The fight-or-flight response is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival. The fight or flight method is created by two bodily reactions. The first reaction is the sympathetic nervous system. This reaction uses the nerve pathways to tell the body…

still years away.” This statement could not be more true for the Malaysia Flight 370 that went missing without a trace. Not much information was available as to what happened and where the plane actually went. The flight left Kuala Lumpur Airport and were heading for Beijing. With two-hundred thirty-nine people aboard, twelve of them being crew members, the plane went off the radar and it is still a question as to why. The flight left the airport at 12:41am on March 8, 2014. They had at least…

1. The Passenger “American Airlines, Flight 11. 9-11-2001. Economy Class, seat 32A. Boarding time: 7:45 A.M. Departing from Logan International Airport of Boston MA, Gate B32. Destination: Los Angeles, California.” I restlessly read my plane ticket over and over. It may seem as if it’s not a big deal. Just a boarding pass, right? But this isn’t just any flight. After being in Boston for almost two weeks, the homesickness is hardly bearable anymore. It’s almost been two weeks since I’ve seen my…

towers a second plane came into sight and hit the south tower near the 60th floor. This collision caused a massive explosion which lead to the showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and the streets below. While all of this was happening Flight 77 was flying over downtown Washington, D.C., and slammed into the west side of the Pentagon military…

On June 23 1985, Air India flight 182 was operating on the Toronto-Montreal-Delhi route. As the plane was in Irish aerospace, en route to Toronto at 31,000 feet, a bomb located in the cargo hold detonated (Remembering Air India 182), and resulted in the death of 329 souls, 268 of them being Canadian citizens. (The victims) Nobody survived the crash. Five minutes prior to the attack, another bomb went off while being checked in Narita International, Japan. The bomb killed 2 baggage handlers…

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…

Colgan Air Flight 3407, a passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York, carrying forty-five passengers and four crew members. During the instrument landing system approach, the aircraft went into an aerodynamic stall, causing the it to crash and kill all passengers on board. Captain Marvin Renslow was in command of the flight, having accumulated over 3,000 flight hours. Renslow was accompanied by Rebecca Shaw, the first officer who had 2,000 flight hours under her belt. The…

Pan Am Flight 299, August 3rd 1970 (Suarez). A man approaches a flight attendant and states that he wants to go to Cuba, he then pulls out a gun and bottle that he says is filled with explosives, and threatens to set them off if he does not go to the cockpit. The Premier of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was waiting when the plane landed at Havana’s airport. The only people to exit the aircraft were Captain Augustus Watkins and the Hijacker. Castro tours the exterior of the plane for around 40 minutes,…

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…