The Colgan Air Flight 3407 was a very interesting case to look at. On February 12, 2009, at 10:17 pm, flight 3407 crashed at a house in New York after the pilots experience a stall. Flight 3407 was scheduled to fly from Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York. The NTSB reported the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) revealed some discrepancies both pilots were experience. The first officer did not have any experience with icing condition but icing was one of the reasons the plane went into a stall. On
Northwest Florida State College database and other reliable aviation sources to back my argument. IV. Preview: This speech will first address the background and problems that have arisen from the Colgan Air Act, which have led to a massive pilot shortage. It will then entail a solution in reforming the Colgan Air Act, which will provide different methods of training that will produce even better instruction and thus, more safety. Finally, I will discuss the benefits of such a reform before wrapping up
On February 12, 2009, Continental Connection flight 3407 operating by a Colgan Air Flight 3407, was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), New Jersey to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF), New York. The flight departed at 9:18 p.m. EST, which was delayed for two hours. The flight crew of the Colgan flight were captain Marvin Renslow, age 47, with accumulated 3,379 hours of total flying time, including 111 hours on the Q400 and the first officer Rebecca
Characters as Portrayed Through Themes and Images in The English Patient While the four main characters of The English Patient are extremely powerful, and important to the reader's understanding of the story, they cannot stand alone without the patterns of imagery, symbolism and metaphor which underpin the text, and offer a complexity which extends beyond the literal level. These patterns reveal information about each character, and provide significant links between characters and ideas
Huey O’Neil Mrs. Z 8 April 2014 English I Honors Pilot Fatigue: Issues of Flying Tired On February 12th of 2009, Colgan Airlines flight 3407 operated for Continental Airlines crashed in Buffalo, New York in a rural neighborhood. This incident caused forty-five lives on the aircraft and one life on the ground to be lost due to pilot fatigue. The aircraft stalled on approach due to icing. Capt. Marvin Renslow and F.O. Rebecca Shaw, the pilots operating the flight, had slept in the crew room at the
On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Airlines flight operating as Continental Connection Flight 3407 crashed two miles from the runway in Buffalo, New York, killing all fifty people aboard.. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation that followed stunned the American public and identified the need to closely examine the regulations governing pilot training and pilot rest requirements, with a strong focus on regional airlines (Berard, 2010, 2). Currently, the United States government
Colgan Air Flight 3407, a Dash-8, crashed in Buffalo, New York on February 12, 2009, due to an unrecoverable stall in icing conditions. This particular crash has been the main topic in many classrooms and discussions over the years due to the different elements and human errors that contributed to the accident. After being cleared for the instrument approach into Buffalo, the aircraft began pitching and rolling. During this time, the aircraft entered a nose-high position, which was so steep, that
Chesley Sullenberger once said, “My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry, especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation, that we owe it to out passengers to keep learning how to do it better.” I, personally, couldn’t agree more. There’s always room for improvement, and there’s always things regulatory agencies could do to better promote safety. American Airlines Flight 191 is a perfect example of how regulatory agencies
One of the worst feelings is when you are making a long drive in a car and realize you don’t remember the last half hour or longer. Sometimes people say they were on autopilot but most likely, they are suffering from some form of fatigue. According to Webster’s dictionary fatigue is the state of being very tired or extreme weariness. (Webster’s 2015) This can be very dangerous while driving a car, and even more dangerous while flying an airplane. With advances in modern avionics and autopilots
In 1835, Nathaniel Hawthorne published the tale of “Young Goodman Brown,” a tale that illustrates many configurations of symbolism used to leave the reader planting the pieces together through his characteristics of detail and imagery. Hawthorne’s prime analogy expressed throughout this tale is the loss of vulnerability and pureness when reaching maturity. The setting of Young Goodman Brown is in Salem, where the Salem witch craft trials were held in the 1600’s. This is the first symbol Hawthorne
the principle of absolute evil in a malevolent, mechanical, and incompetent world. Because of Catch-22, justice is mocked, the innocent are victimized, and Yossarian's squadron is forced to fly more than double the number of missions prescribed by Air Force code" (Skreiner 1). The mops vivid examples of the paradoxes created by catch-22 come from the specific characters; Hungry Joe, Doc Daneeka, Orr, Milo Minderbinder, and Yossarian. Probably the most peculiar paradox presented in Catch-22
13-14, 1945 the British Royal Air Force gave the final clearance to commence what would later become known as one of the greatest atrocities that has ever been commited against a civilian population. That night the RAF launched 796 bombers and 9 Mosquitoes which carried 1,478 tons of explosives in addition to 1,182 tons of incendiary bombs (Dear 311) which turned the city of Dresden, Germany into a virtual inferno. This attack included another strike by the US Air Force the following morning
Death In 1945 Kurt Vonnegut witnessed a horrific series of bombings that led to the destruction of the German city of Dresden, where he was taken as a prisoner of war. The controversial fire-storm raid, carried out by bombers of the Royal Air Force and US Air Force, took casualties of up to a quarter million people (Klinkowitz x-xi). As a prisoner of war, Vonnegut was forced to participate as a corpse miner in the city's cleanup process. Upon his return from the Second World War, Vonnegut decided
major air pollutants in the atmosphere are causing damage to our waters and land. The increase of garbage and waste in urban areas, such as cities, are beginning to look like huge landfills, acid rain is causing forests and buildings to deteriorate, and finally ozone, which is caused from primarily transportation, is slowly suffocating the populations it affects. My area of the problem was the acid rain problem and how we are trying to solve it. The first thing I will discuss is major air pollutants
Ball Hypothesis Warming up the squash ball helps it bounce higher. Variables: Type of Surface Height of Drop - Independent variable Temperature of Ball Material of Ball Acceleration Due To Gravity Mass Angle of Surface Air Resistance Diameter of Ball Height of Bounce - Dependant Variable Plan I aim to find out if warming up squash balls before bouncing them affects the height of its bounce. I will need a squash ball, a meter ruler, goggles, a Bunsen burner
plagued with land, air and water pollution. Some of the problems we face on earth are: deforestation, nuclear waste, acid rain, global warming, overpopulation and some animals are endangered. Air pollution has many different sources. Power-generated plants, oil refineries, chemical plants, and steel mills contribute to about 140 million tons of pollutants into the air every year. Automobiles account for at least 80 percent, of air pollution; the heaviest polluter. Another type of air pollution is
-------------- FACTORS ------- VERTICAL HEIGHT OF SLOPE (THE HIGHER, THE FASTER) ------------------------------------------------- GRADIENT OF THE SLOPE (THE STEEPER, THE FASTER) ----------------------------------------------- AIR RESISTANCE (THE MORE THERE IS, THE SLOWER) FRICTION (THE MORE THERE IS, THE SLOWER) VARIABLES I have chosen to investigate the vertical height of the roller coaster slope. As the car (marble) rolls down the slope, it can be timed, and the
Newton's, or to be precise 9.8 Newton's). Also no matter the size of an object the gravity will still pull the bob down at a constant rate. This will have little effect so I will chosen to exclude this. Air resistance. This will oppose the speed of the bob because as the bob is moving through the air, it will encounter some friction which will oppose its movement, eventually slowing it down. But this cannot be measured, so I will not exclude this variable. Predictions Length of string. I
assumptions: * There is no friction because if there was there would be some work done against it and would mean I could not use the conservation of energy. Roller coasters run on wheels against smooth metal which would not have much friction. * Air resistance is negligible as most roller coasters are designed quite aerodynamically and have a large mass which would not be affected by a significant amount. * No energy is lost e.g. sound and heat which would be a result of friction. * There
Air pollution is a well-known problem throughout the world. Humans know that we are the major cause for air pollution and although we know this fact, we continue to pollute. We poison our air every day by throwing out enormous piles of garbage, burning tons of fossil fuels, and driving millions of miles each year, but do we truly know how much this affects our society and our Earth? Smog, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, and ozone depletion are some of the effects that have resulted from air pollution