Added: 03/23/2006 |
Tragic Airliner Crashes - - Could They Have Been Prevented?There have been many airliner crashes investigation reports over the last decades. In 1998 a China Airlines Airbus 300 crashed and burst into flames as it tried to land at Taipei's international airport. Witnesses said the jet hit at least three residential buildings near the airport, injuring several people on the ground. The plane first crashed into a civilian building, several people were injured and taken to the hospital. China Airlines Flight CI-676 had been en route from the island of Bali in Indonesia. Conditions were said to be foggy at the time of the crash.
A Colombian airliner crashes in a remote mountainous area of Venezuela killing all 160 people on board. The MD-82 plane, a short-medium range airliner produced from 1980-1999, was traveling from Panama to Martinique. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane soon after the pilot reported engine problems and requested permission for an emergency landing. The plane came down near the town of Machiques, 836km west of Caracas. Aviation experts say simultaneous mechanical failure in two engines is very uncommon. They said twin engine failure in an aircraft could be caused either by contaminated fuel or a maintenance malfunction. Heavy rains and the difficult terrain are reported to be hampering the rescue effort. West Caribbean Airways was set up in 2000 to provide low-cost flights within Colombia and to the Caribbean region.
Another airliner crashes on October 6th, 2000. It was reported that at least six people were killed and up to eleven injured when an Aeromexico DC-9 carrying 83 people ploughed into houses and vehicles in heavy rain after careering off the runway in northern Mexico. There were 83 people on board. Initial radio reports said the plane was carrying around 100 people. Those who died were on the ground and that no passengers were killed. A spokesman for the airport said the accident was caused by heavy rainfall. The Mexican Gulf has been lashed by strong rains and winds from tropical depression Keith, which was downgraded from a hurricane after a rampage through Central America.
Investigators have ruled out the possibility of sabotage in one of the airliner crashes that killed 54 people in North China. The 50-seat regional CRJ-200 jet, carrying 47 passengers and six crew members, fell shortly after it took off from Baotou. One man on the ground was also killed. The remains of the victims have been found. According to investigators, there is no evidence so far suggesting man-made destruction in the incident. Efforts are still under way to determine the cause of the accident. The incident may be a result of mechanical failure or faulty operational technique.
So what aircrafts are the safest to fly on? Is it a heavier-than-air craft, where movement of the wings in relation to the aircraft is not used to generate lift, fixed-wing aircraft? The wing of the fixed-wing aircraft is fixed in place very securely, so the air current can only go in two directions, above or below. The result is a phenomenon called lift. The plane can be angled to take advantage of this lift, making powered flight possible.
You never know. Let's just hope that the air control departments will pay additional attention to safety supervision to ensure air traffic safety.
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