Description: On November 28, 1979, Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Ross Island’s active volcano, Mt Erebus, Antarctica. The flight was mid sightseeing tour when it crashed, killing all on board. At 12:50pm communication with the flight was officially lost, and at 10pm, the airline was forced to assume the flight was lost. All 237 passengers died along with the 20 crew members. Significance: The Mt Erebus crash was, and still is, significant for a multitude of reasons. Flight 901’s crash was (at the time) the 4th largest air disaster in history, and the mystery behind the crash’s cause resulted in controversy and theories to this day. The Mt Erebus crash was quick to capture global attention as the news of the crash spread. Of the 237 passengers, and 20 crew members, there were no survivors. A recovery mission was soon underway, …show more content…
The size of this crash makes the event a significant moment in New Zealand history. As there were no survivors, investigations quickly became highly controversial and theories were debated. As the investigations went underway it quickly became certain that there was no mechanical reason for the crash. This held significance as a the reason could no longer be proven with black and white evidence but rather pointing fingers at whoever could be at fault. For years after the crash the blame was pinned on pilot error as neither of the pilots had flown the path before, though both had a vast experience flying. The significance of the mystery behind the crash is visible to this day in debates over where the blame is due. Some argue it is the fault of the airline systems that allowed the plane to be programmed in the flight path on Mt Erebus, whilst others blame McCurdo station for giving Flight 901 permission to fly low, thus putting it in the path of the mountain. The Mt Erebus disaster is especially significant in New Zealand as Air New Zealand and
On the 25th of September 1999, Big Island Air Flight 58 Piper Chieftain, crashed on a slope of the Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii at approximately 5:30pm. All nine of the passengers on board and the pilot were killed in the crash. The impact sustained by the airplane and the fire that followed the impact completely destroyed the airplane. Big Island Air Flight 58 was operating under CFR Part 135 air taxi operations providing sight seeing tours to tourists and locals. The Piper Chieftain had departed from Keahole – Kona International Airport, Kona Hawaii (KOA) at around 4:22pm. The airport reported that there were visual meteorological conditions that existed prior to the planes departure. The pilot had filed a proper visual flight rules (VFR) flight plane prior to his departure. The investigation that followed performed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) had determined that instrument conditions existed in the area of the crash site.
Flight 19 was the designation of five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945 during a United States Navy overwater navigation training flight from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida. All 14 of the airmen on the flight were lost as well as the 13 crew members of a PBM Mariner flying boat of professional investigators which is thought to have exploded in mid-air while searching for the flight. Navy investigators could not determine the cause of the loss of Flight 19 yet many researchers argue otherwise claiming that there is a specific cause for the disappearance of Flight 19.
Flight 93 is a 2006 film, directed by Peter Markle, which narrates the events that occurred during the United Airlines Flight 93 during the 9/11 attacks. The movie was released on April 28, 2006 on the A&E Network, and was re-broadcast several times throughout 2006. The film stars Jeffrey Nordling, Colin Glazer, Brennan Elliott, Ty Olsson, Jacqueline Ann Steuart, Laura Mennell, Barry W. Levy, Biski Gugushe, and Dominic Rains, amongst others. The film was rated PG-13 for some violence and emotional illustration of the hijacking situation. Some historical significance in the film is that, Marion R. Britton is seen handing her mobile phone to fellow passenger Honor Elizabeth Wainio so she can call her mother. It was actually Lauren Grandcolas
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the flightcrew to monitor the flight instrument during the final 4 minutes of flight, and to detect an unexpected descent soon enough to prevent impact with the ground. Preoccupation with a malfunction of the nose landing gear position indicating system distracted the crew's attention from the instruments and allowed the descent to go unnoticed.
On June 23, 1985, a bomb was planted on Air India Flight 182 that exploded and killed the 329 passengers and crew while airborne (Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182: Final report, 2010). A second bomb at Tokyo’s Narita Airport killed two baggage handlers that were unloading luggage from a Canadian Pacific Airlines flight, the baggage was also prepared to be on the Air India flight. Sikh terrorists were responsible for planting the two bombs. In total 331 people were killed (CIIBAIF 182, 2010).
Is the government covering up the truth about the September 11 event in New York City or it’s just classified information that the world is not ready for. For many Years people around the world have came up with all these conspiracy theories about 911. theories such as Flight 93 being completely staged, there really was no second plane, some even say inside traders knew about attacks before they happened. These theories have many people wondering if the government really is covering up the truth about 911. Though no one can prove whether some 911 conspiracies are true , there are many suspicious events leading up to the tragedy that point to foul play.
Not a lot of people survived, 31.6% was the percent of people who survived. A lot of people could've survived because of the extra lifeboat room, 53.4%. 2 dogs survived because of the people who brought dogs aboard.
The event that occurred on September 11, 2001 was a tragic and heartbreaking scene for the American people. Americans were distraught and an outbreak of fear and devastation swept the nation. Conspiracies have alluded to blaming the government for this catastrophe; however, some controversies put the sole blame on George W. Bush. Many Americans used him as a scapegoat due to emotional instability or timorous feelings towards the attacks. In response to the attacks that took place on September 11, 2001, George W. Bush positively influenced and reassured the American people that America was strong and that the United States would stop at nothing to find who was responsible for such acts.
...l breakthroughs are close to confirming that the plane crashed near or even on Gardner Island, where the two eventually probably died. Many artifacts have been discovered but there is still debate and archaeologists are still searching the island at the time of this writing.
This report is on the Crossair flight 3597 crash which happens at Zurich airport on 24th November 2001. Analysis of Crossair flight 3597 will be covered, which includes details such as facts of Crossair flight 3597 crash, and the three contributing factors involved in the air accident. The three contributing factors are mainly Crossair, pilot error and communications with air traffic controllers.
Fifteen years have passed since American Airlines flight 1420 experienced a botched landing tragically killing 10 passengers, the captain, and injuring 110 others. Thankfully, 24 passengers were uninjured, and the first officer survived. This horrific accident could have turned out much worse, but it could have also been easily avoided.
It was the afternoon of July 25, 2000. One hundred passengers, most of them German, boarded the Concorde Air France Flight 4590. This was a trip of a lifetime for many people, as Concorde was restricted to the wealthy class of people. The excitement in people was cut short by the unfortunate delay in flight, because of maintenance in one of its engines. The passengers boarded the plane a couple of hours after the scheduled time. Finally, it was cleared for taxi on runway 26-Right. The pilots lined the aircraft parallel to the runway. A tragic accident, however, was about to befall.
Flight 370 was an international passenger flight that went missing on March 8, 2014. The flight was scheduled in route to Beijing, but it went missing throughout the second day after the plane took off from Kuala National Airport. At approximately 1:21 p.m., the communications and transponder signal were functioning no longer. There were no emergency calls at the time the plane had its last checkpoint. On March 24 at approximately 10p.m.Malaysia Standard Time, officials ceased the search as radio signals picked up debris found throughout a remote Indian Ocean. It is believed that all of the 239 passengers on the plane died (Preimesberger). From protests and outcries, to mourning and fallouts, it is still a distraught event that shocked the world.
Although the definite cause of the explosion still remains a mystery, the death of the members on board of the USS Maine persists to live on, marking the end of a new beginning.
Knowing the three most common cause and factors in an aircraft accident can help investigators in there investigation. Althought aircraft accidents will eventually happen, knowing this information can help to reduce the number of accidents, and the significance if one should happen.