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“Cactus 1549, we’ve hit birds”, came over in the cockpit as Chesley “Sully” B. Sullenberger and his flight crew lost the plane’s engines to a bird strike. Sully: My Search for What Truly Matters, written by Sully Sullenberger, chronicles the events of January 19, 2009. The ‘Miracle on the Hudson’, Chesley’s successful ditching of Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, resulted in zero fatalities and the safety of all 155 passengers and crew members. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger proved that he is…

Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan Crashed in the Ocean Before They Could Make it to Howland Island. Coast Guard Itasca was waiting for the arrival of Earhart and Noonan off a little island called Howland Island. Amelia Earhart sent one last transmission to Itasca where she stated that her and Noonan thought they were close to the island, but their plane was running on the verge of empty. Soon there were no sign of the plane, according to Szalay’s website (2017) Itasca started immediately on a two…

The case study of Tesla Motors begins by analyzing the external environmental factors that influence the company. The external analysis will focus on the Macro-level environment, using the PESTEL analysis, and the Micro-level environment, following Porter’s five forces model. The PESTEL analysis is a tool that is used to determine what factors in the external environment are likely to influence the competitive position of a company. The PESTEL analysis looks directly at six external factors;…

problems in the past and one of which is the Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 flight B752 from Los Angeles, CA to Detroit, MI. The crew on board requested to level off at 5000 feet reporting a hydraulic malfunction and the aircraft returned to Los Angeles where the tower reported that they could see both main gears but weren’t sure about the nose gear, the nose landing light was in place however, the landing gear doors appeared wide open. The airline reported the aircraft to have a hydraulic issue.…

Most people who get into the airplane draw in their minds what will happen if the airplane crashed , what will cause the airplane to crash or what safety items this aircraft have in the case of any problem. “Aviation safety is a term encompassing the theory, investigation, and categorization of flight failures, and the prevention of such failures through regulation, education, and training.” (Aviation safety, 2015) If we search in the internet for the aviation safety hazards we will have…

Background The ski industry is a valuable component of the tourism industry. With nearly 400 million skier visits every year (Miragaia & Martins, 2015), encompassing 67 countries worldwide (Vanat, 2017). In Canada, ski industry contributes significantly to the Canadian tourism. According to Canadian ski council, ski industry generated an estimate of $1.376 billion for the year 2016-17 (https://www.skicanada.org/canadian-ski-snowboard-industry-revenues-estimated-nearly-1-4-billion/). In 2012,…

Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies was a book written by William Golding. The theme of the story is developing order among the survivors of a plane crash. In order to do that survival plays an important role, different strengths, such as physical, mental, and survival skills are traits that the characters demonstrate in this book. If they work together they can survive, if they don’t they will not survive. In the book you will meet many different characters and personalities, the most…

cabin altitude high failure at 16,000 feet. I also was able to fly from Huntington, West Virginia to Lafayette as pilot monitoring and Lafayette to Norfolk, Virginia as pilot flying. These experiences were surreal and made me feel like an actual airline pilot at FL360. 10. Spin Training Spin training for my CFI endorsement was very fun and exhilarating considering I had never been in a spin before. I learned how to effectively get out of a spin situation that I could possibly get into by myself…

Introduction Company overview ‘Star Shuttle Express Sendirian Berhad was founded during the year of 2004 in the month of June 30th but only came into operation within the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) to Kuala Lumpur in the year of 2007 January. Bus operations to Ipoh are available in the year of 2008 and Setiawan since November 2009 with 22 units’ 30 seater Super Very Important person (SVIP) [refer to appendix 1] and also 45…

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…