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Reliability Centered Maintenance started when a preventative maintenance plan were developed for the Boeing 747 airplane in the 1960’s by the maintenance steering group. In the RCM process in maintenance not only ‘what can be done’ is considered but also ‘why should it be done’. To facilitate the RCM process seven questions should be asked to complete the process. • What are the functions and performance standards of the asset in the operating environment? • How does the asset fail to perform…

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 near…

“All three pilots died during the flights, and their names were never officially published,” (Rudenko). Many people think that space is a place that is filled with adventures and new beginnings, but that was not the case for three cosmonauts. People have failed to notice, however, that there are people who spent months in a metal tub and never got the recognition of going to space. Once people understand the Lost Cosmonauts Theory, they will start to see that The Soviet Union left three people…

Introduction Delta Air Lines is a global airline, one of the largest worldwide airlines pose a conflict with customer relations, by or through their divisions that reflect on individual performance metrics within the company. Some of their divisions would be in-flight services, airport customer services, baggage, and reservations, just to name a few. Different explanation of policies between divisions by different members’ pose an unsatisfied relationship and behavioral negativity of performance…

After reading both of the stories “Uncle Marcos” and “To Fly” and looking through them, going through the details I have in my own opinion that “To Fly” has the best information and description rather than a more fictional story. I see in the story in the text that it describes flying as it has transformed the way we do things differently such as exploration, our perspective on things in the world, and we always had flying set as an achievement. I have a few reasons as to how I think “To Fly”…

The invention of the airplane is most likely the most important innovations in transportation. The airplane industry is enormous; In 2016, the industry generated 501 billion US dollars. The question is why are airplanes so popular. Well, airplanes are able to drastically cut down on travel times. Although the airplane is extremely important for transporting, airplanes do have some drawbacks. For example, airplanes release harmful substances into the atmosphere. The airplane was invented by…

Routine Maintenance Gone Wrong “It was very, very hard for me. I saw my hand come off - I could see my hand on the ground and other parts all over the place.” German aircraft engineer, Hendrik Donkers Tire charging is a routine task in aircraft maintenance. However, if proper precaution is not observed, it can cause severe injury and even death. We will review two case studies where this routine task had gone wrong. We will discuss the possible causes of the errors and how we can prevent a…

Name : Amjad Ali Ansari Roll No : 15-F-359 Code : 0402115 Section : MFM II Topic : Ramana Dayaram Shetty vs The International Airport Authority of India and Ors. Background In this case, International Airport Authority of Bombay issued a notice on 3rd January 1977 for inviting tenders for putting up and running a 2nd class restaurant and two snack bars at the Airport. The notice stated…

Sewol: Tragedy at Sea On the morning of April 16th, 2014, the Sewol a South Korea Ferry took off from Incheon traveling to Jeju island. On board, over 476 people 325 of whom were students from a school in the capital city of Seoul. As the ship would begin to sink the captain would fail to give on order to evacuate. The captain and several crew members would instead disembark the ship saving themselves as hundreds of people were left to die. Many factors would contribute to the loss of life…

Media Statement on Harvey Weinstein Unchanged, Valuable Public Leader Media Statement Release by Daniel Christensen October 2017 PAF 420 Harvey Weinstein, a famed and acclaimed figure in the American entertainment industry, can be described by many adjectives. These have proved to be both positive and negative in the most recent news surrounding this man, although one should wonder how and why there has been this change from a respected reputation only just recently.…