Vol/Flight 981 Turkish Airlines. Then he pursued his passion further by obtaining a Master’s Degree in Air Transport Management at Cranfield University in the U.K. followed by holding several management positions at various start-up carriers in Europe (Jet2, SkyEurope, Silverjet). I’m in agreement though that some of these accidents or incidents shouldn’t be used for marketing purposes, but they are and always will be. After unsuccessfully trying to restart the engine twice, the captain pinpointed Prague as the closest airport and reported the engine failure and declaring “PAN” — a radio term meant to signify an emergency — only when in contact with Prague Air Traffic Control.
The UZPLN investigation noted there were three other suitable diversion airports closer than Prague that could and should have been selected for a diversion.The aircraft landed in Prague with 2,340 kilograms of fuel, which would have not been enough to divert from Prague to their alternate airport as defined by the flight plan had something gone wrong that would have prevented a landing in Prague. But, even years later, some of these lessons can be used as reminders of what can happen if procedures or processes are not followed. But let me make a rebuttal: I still say that showing the accident as it plays out and listening to the actual recordings are necessary … to a point. These are easier to make the case for studying than listening to the actual recording; noises and conversations can be hard to pick up on the cockpit mics because they are not on separate tracks, but tape everything on one track.
But, now your getting into a whole different area as to what excites people for the purposes of profit. Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, registered TC-JAV and named the Ankara, that crashed in Fontaine-Chaalis, Oise, France, outside Senlis, on 3 March 1974.Known as the "Ermenonville air disaster", from the forest where the aircraft crashed, the accident resulted in the deaths of all 346 on board.
I see your point; as always, your views are good for discussion.I’m teaching a class this week that is showing the National Airlines 102 accident in Bagram video.The students I’m showing it to are professional aviation people; they’ll look beyond the tragedy to see what went wrong.It’s not the use of a disturbing aircraft accident video that bothers me about it being played – I didn’t watch it myself; it’s the fascination or questionable need the general public have with showing it.Videos like that are an accident investigator’s gold mine; they give an outside-the-plane analytical view of what struggles the crew went through to control the aircraft.However, my opinion is that once an accident investigation is over, it should never be shown again.My reply to that question is simple: Why should it?A video is the eyewitness to the tragic end of people’s lives.Will anything else be learned by replaying a flight crew’s final battle or error in judgment?Can you see or hear the pilots’ decisions or struggles?What does it benefit the general public to watch the Challenger disintegrate on throttle up?Do we learn much from observing the different angles United Flight 175 was swallowed by the South Tower?Hasn’t the Zapruder film of President Kennedy’s assassination become entertainment as it is played over and over in Oliver Stone’s film, JFK? in Plane Crash Sites. You see this in music from songs that advocates killing cops that I think should be outlawed, but they are not. Air Algérie Flight 6289 (AH6289) was a domestic passenger flight which crashed at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Algeria on 6 March 2003, killing all but one of the 103 people on board.
... 2 thoughts on “Aircraft Accidents and the Cockpit Voice Recorder… This is the area I key on by using previous accident videos or even Cockpit Voice Recordings – what can be learned or how would you handle that situation. By continuing to use this site, you accept the use of cookies. The landing gear was still extended when this happened.