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Major Air Crashes Since 1995 “Lessons Learned”

Major Air Crashes Since 1995 “Lessons Learned”. An Informative Presentation Produced by Aerospace Services International, Inc Navy Flying Club Managers Workshop 1999. Chronology Since 1995. 1998 Three Major Crashes 1997 Three Major Crashes 1996 Eight Major Crashes. 1998.

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Major Air Crashes Since 1995 “Lessons Learned”

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  1. Major Air Crashes Since 1995“Lessons Learned” An Informative Presentation Produced by Aerospace Services International, Inc Navy Flying Club Managers Workshop 1999

  2. Chronology Since 1995 • 1998 • Three Major Crashes • 1997 • Three Major Crashes • 1996 • Eight Major Crashes

  3. 1998 • 2 Sep 98 - Swissair wide-bodied MD-11 • Cause Unknown - Currently under investigation. (Electrical wiring fire in cockpit is suspected) • 16 Feb 98 - China Airlines Airbus • Weather related (heavy rain and low ceilings) and procedural tasks errors on the part of the flight crew. Three approaches attempted! • 2 Feb 98 - Cebu Pacific Air DC-9 - • Weather related and failure of the flight crew to follow established instrument procedures (altitude related) during approach phase

  4. 1997 • 19 Dec - Singapore SilkAir Boeing 737-300 • Unknown Cause - possible suicide of Captain - Still under investigation. • 26 Sep - Indonesian Airbus A-300-B4 • Flight crew procedural task errors during instrument approach procedure. • 6 Aug - Korean AirLines flight 801 • Flight crew procedural error during instrument approach at night and in heavy rain.

  5. 23 Nov - Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 Hijacked commercial airliner - fuel exhaustion 12 Nov - Saudi Arabian Jumbo Jet Worst-ever mid-air collision. ATC Human Error event. 7 Nov - Nigerian Boeing 727 Cause - Sabotage 29 Aug - Tupolev 154 Cause Unknown - probably mechanical. 1996

  6. 1996 • 17 Jul - TWA flight 800 • Electrical wiring in the center fuel tank pump overheated and ignited vapors resulting in an explosion and loss of control. • 10 May - ValuJet DC-9 • Illegal cartage of flammable oxygen generators in baggage area that ignited resulting in fire and loss of control.

  7. 1996 • 29 Feb - Boeing 737 • ATC and flight crew procedural errors during Instrument Meteorological Conditions. • 6 Feb - Dominican Alas Nacionales, Boeing 757 • Maintenance related - Tape was painted over static ports resulting in wrong airspeed read-outs and loss of control. • 8 Jan - Russian Antonov-32 Cargo Plane • Mechanical related cause - powerplant failure - loss of airspeed.

  8. General AviationNTSB Web Site Accidents Fatalities Rates 1982 through 1987 U.S. General Aviation

  9. Accident Video

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