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Airplane Accident Activity
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If so instructed by your teacher, print out a worksheet
page for these problems.
Once you have accessed the
Major
Airplane Disasters site, find the following accidents and read
the "report" entry for each of them. For each of these six accidents,
you are to identify the factors given in the report as the cause(s)
of the accident. (Please note that the format lists the date followed
by the month and then the year.)
Date: 13/01/82 in Washington, D.C.
Factors:
Date: 23/01/82 in Boston, Massachusetts
Factors:
Date: 17/02/91 in Cleveland, Ohio
Factors:
Date: 22/03/92 in Flushing, New York
Factors:
Date: 11/05/96 in Miami, Florida
Factors:
Date: 17/07/96 in New York City, New York
Factors:
- What measures would you suggest to prevent similar accidents
from occurring in the future?
- Create a chart showing the total number of fatalities for each
of the following decades: 1920's,1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's,
1970's, 1980's, 1990's.
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Decade
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Total Number of Fatalities
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1920-29
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1930-39
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1940-49
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1950-59
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1960-69
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1970-79
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1980-89
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1990-present
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- Next plot a graph of the total number of fatalities in each of
the decades.
- What trends do you observe from your graph?
- What do you think are the reasons for the trends?
- Now visit the Aviation
Safety Program site and access the NASA programs/initiatives
that are currently being discussed. Read the selections for
Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck,
Integrated Vehicle Health Management,
Integrated Resillient Aircraft Control, and
Aircraft Aging and Durability.
Provide a brief summary of NASA's aviation safety program.
- Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck Summary:
- Integrated Vehicle Health Management Summary:
- Integrated Resillient Aircraft Control Summary:
- Aircraft Aging and Durability Summary:
- Evaluate the measures that NASA and the FAA are implementing
to improve aviation safety.
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