The Importance Of Weather In Aviation

The NTSB found several reasons as to why the crash occurred. As stated earlier in the paper the conditions at the destination airport were forecasted to be poor visibility and possible icing. When dealing with icy conditions it can be hazardous to aircraft. This is due to the fact that ice on a wing spoils the airflow over it. This causes a loss of lift, and more drag, which can cause a stall to occur at higher airspeeds.

The thing that makes ice so slippery is when it freezes with all the pressure it compacts it very tightly and causes there to be no air so it is just a solid, smooth, slippery piece of glass basically. Ice sickles can also be very deadly, falling sickles kill over 1000 people in the world every year. Ice sickles form when snow or ice melts on something that is above freezing and runs down to the cooler air and it start to refreeze onto its self. A half pound ice sickle can reach up to 80 to 90 mph before hitting you in the head it would only have to fall around 30 feet to reach this speed. When ice is traveling this fast it would hit you with about 1000 pounds of force.

First of all in my essay I will talk about human errors. Second of all I will talk about technical issues and finally I will talk about accidents caused by supernatural phenomena. Aircraft are increasingly become the most important means of transport for passengers and freight. Globalization has been made possible in principle only by the flight technique, can melt the large distances. However, there is in many people, at least subliminally, the fear of plane crashes.

Without a doubt, the treacherous water impaired the sagacious Arnold. Furthermore, the water was continuously trying to sweep his leg out from underneath him. Considering the meteorological conditions, the water was below freezing. During this horrendous crash, the blustery weather blasted the survivors. Obviously, the wind had a great influence on the survivors.

However, the NTSB found that the crews were very close into over timing their duty hour’s limitation. The NTSB then declared human issue was indeed a big major issue that caused the flight 1420 went wrong on June 1st, 1999 (Wiegmann, 2001). The NTSB then conducted an investigation using the Human Factor Analysis and Classification System. The investigation was split into finding the human factor issue within the flight 1420 starting from the organizational influences on that day, followed by unsafe supervisions, preexisting condition to the crews and also any unsafe acts that happened during the landing of the DC-9

It was very awkward for all the crew members in the plane to walk around in all of their equipment on in the plane, and very often crewman would run into equipment in the plane. Also, when the plane was being refueled, it filled with gasoline fumes and the bomb bay doors would have to be opened so that they would be filtered out. The B-24 was also very prone to accidents, and was also nicknamed “The Widowmaker.” Just in 1943, 850 people in B-24’s were killed, due to 298 accidents. There was a thing called “Black Thursday,” which was an awful day. 750 B-24s went to attack Berlin in broad daylight, which was not a smart idea.

Accumulating more and more snow as the wind moved eastward, the wind was carrying so much snow that it created white out conditions in the city and surrounding area. Meteorologist David Zaff observed the scene, “the heavy sustained winds ‘took all the snow off the lake and dumped it onto the Greater Buffalo area, from St. Catharines all the way to Buffalo.’” Hurricane force winds that created subarctic wind chills, and large amounts of snowfall coupled with unusually cold temperatures, culminated to create the proverbial perfect storm. The statistics speak to how horrible the storm really was. In the end it resulted in 300

Cold and warm air brought together forms and precipitation occurs. Most blizzards often happen in the Northern east states and the provinces of Canada. When a blizzard happens it can shut down a city, transportation is impossible there would be no electricity. If people are outside they can get frostbite or hypothermia. Flooding can happen after a blizzard.

Abstract The accident on McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82, N215AA of 1991 is a good example of an aviation accident that occurred majorly due to human factors. This paper aims to analyze the main causes involving human factors that lead to the crash. The two core factors associated with the accident include; fatigue and situational stress. Both crew members sustained long duty day that exceeding the maximum waking hours. Additionally, the prevailing weather conditions placed them in a stressful environment.

What is alcohol? Alcohol is known to significantly impair performance at moderate and high levels of inoxication. Alcohol toxoxication greatly affects the way you respond and interact with your environment and increases your risk of having an accident. In many industrialized countries, workplaces require a zero blood alcohol concentration (BAC) for their employees. The Canadian Aviation Regulations demand that air crews not drink alcoholic beverages within eight hours of flying.