Case Study Of Asiana Flight 214 : An Accident Of Human Factors

One of the most controversial and important air crash linked to human error of the modern world happened on the night of February 12, 2009. Colgan air flight 3407, operated by Continental Connection, was on final approach to runway 23 at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport as it disappeared from radar. The aircraft was a Bombardier Dash 8, a popular twin engine medium range turboprop Airliner used by many regional carriers. The aircraft entered an uncontrollable stall crashing into to a neighborhood 5 miles northeast of the airport killing all everyone on souls on board. The Captain, Marvin Resnlow and first officer Rebecca Lynne were behind the controls the night of the accident. The NTSB report determined error by both pilots cause the aircraft to crash. Thus, pilot fatigues, improper recovery form a stall were contributing factors. The victim’s family members pushed for congress to overhaul airline regulations. The NTBS investigation delivery multiple findings that eventually led to a modernization of airline operations and pilot training.

There are many aircraft accident factors in which investigators need to pursue in order to come to a good conclusion on what the cause or causes of an aircraft accident were. A portion of what the investigator looks into is the human factors surrounding the accident. This highly diverse and expansive area needs to be systematically looked into to figure out if any human factors were causation of an aircraft accident. One model that investigators utilize in order to sift through the human factors that may be attributable to an accident is the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) Model. This Model breaks down human factors into four different sections, organizational influences, unsafe supervision, preconditions for unsafe acts, and unsafe acts of operators. Throughout this case study, the accident of American Airlines flight 1420 will be dissected utilizing the HFACS Model to uncover human factors issues with the aircraft operator organization, aircraft flight crew, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The SHELL Model has proven to be an useful tool when it comes to using the human factors and aviation safety. On this case study, we will use the details from the NTSB report from the American Airlines Flight 1420 NTSB to study all the factors of the SHELL Model that were contributed to the accident.

Following the investigation of the American Airlines 1420 accident, the NTSB released a detailed and comprehensive list of the overall findings. Using data from the accident craft’s CVR and FDR, along with a thorough investigation of the crash site, the NTSB findings painted a clear understanding of the string events leading up to the crash. In addition, the events gave insight to the causes that prevented flight 1420 from landing safely in Little Rock.

She thought about how unfair it was for countless of innocent people to go to work only to end up suffering and dying.

My mother in law’s house began to flood early Wednesday morning, September 6th, she called 911, 311, The Cajun Navy, and another number 911 had given her specifically for the Port Arthur area, no one answered and if they did, no one could help her. Fortunately, my husband has a jacked up four-wheel drive truck and could get to her and bring her to our house safely. What I observed were people posting that they needed help and those who were not in rising waters responded by finding rescuers to that person’s address. Moreover, an emergency agency is unlikely to be able to check social media during a disaster (Liu, Fraustino, & Jin, 2015).

Yes, I do think that Article II gives the U.S. president the inherent constitutional authority to wiretap in the name of national security that FISA cannot abrogate. The reason why I think so is because it is for a good cause. With the tragic 9/11 situation that occurred I think it’s important for the president to prevent another situation like 9/11 from occurring. When the 9/11 happen majority of the people blamed the president. Now that the president is taking actions to prevent another 9/11 people want to complain. With the ability to wiretap emails and phone it’s a greater chance that we can prevent a situation like 9/11 from happening. I would imagine the person who is on the mission is having some type of correspondent with the actual leader, to check on the progress of the mission. FISA should not even want to abrogate the authority to wiretap. If they do it’s because the feedback they get from the public.

On January 25th, 1998, Air Florida Flight 90 has smashed the head first into a bridge down into the rigid blockings of ice overlaying that Potomac River, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. This tragedy and inexplicable occurrence has had lots of witnesses and observers have discerned a “hero” in the water.

Accident investigation and analysis will be assessed in the project as it relates to safety in order to highlight the strategies applied by the airlines in determining the causes of incidents and preventing them in the future.

The attacks on 9/11 changed air travel for the foreseeable future, gone were the days you could park near the doors to the airport terminal and run to get to your flight. Now people fly with apprehension, wondering is there someone on this plane that want to kill me and what will I do if there is. The industry has made security a top priority as has the government to help alleviate those feeling. New government agencies were created, the most visible to the public being the TSA who handle security check points at airports, the FAA made changes to airport security to restrict access to the ramp areas to safeguard aircraft, in flight we now have many more Air Marshals to help combat threat once the plane leaves the ground. Aircraft now have reinforced

Aircrafts are and always have been a great mode of transportation and come with many clear advantages over many other forms of transportation . This in turn may be one of the main causes of their popularity and success over the years. Aircrafts are used commercially, Privately and they even have military applications. Aircrafts have always been an iconic sign of freedom. Even in the media and in commercial advertisements an airplane can be a symbolic tool used to instill security, freedom and luxury. Although there have been a great many advancements in mechanics and engineering of the aircrafts over the years, and many people consider them to be a reliable mode of transportation they still all have the capacity for mechanical or structural failures. In this paper we will begin to explore some of the main causes of these failures as well as the mechanical and structural factors behind them. An aircraft will typically fail because of an excess of stress applied to one or multiple mechanical or structural components. A more exact definition of stress is; “The force perpendicular to the cross sectional area of the member divided by the cross sectional area.”(chapter 8 lecture) There are several different types of stress and certain points of stress on an aircraft are more susceptible to damage or failure. In this paper we will also begin to analyze these factors to provide a more clear understanding of the mechanical and structural factors of aviation. According to Dr. Hans

On June 1st, 1999 American Airlines flight 1420 experienced a tragic accident that claimed many lives and made an impact on aviation worldwide. The event and it subsequent investigation shed

Language, from verbal to non-verbal communication, helps the audience understand speech. It is very important to select a proper and clear language to Conway message to others. This lesson “Language and Thought” showing the negative effects of what can arise when the meaning of language is changed. The essay “The Crash of Avianca Airlines Flight 052” Malcolm Gladwell’s explains that event where the imprecise understanding of dialogue happens between the pilots and air traffic workers lead to the deadly crash of an airplane.

This is also shown by network airlines who were more for business travelers who paid for tickets at last minute and were more concerned for the quality of their flight not the price. This shows low profitability because they were trying to bargain with the buyer and give them the cheapest deal possible which was lowering the profits.

According to Rodrigues and Cusick (2012) humans are accountable for approximately 70-80% of aviation accidents (p.156). A majority of these are caused by the different variables associated with human performance. Psychological factors have a key role in a pilot’s everyday responsibility. Some of these traits include: perception, memory, attitude, judgment and decision making, as well as ego (Rodrigues & Cusick, 2012, p. 158-160). These qualities can have drastic effects in commercial aviation if they are not recognized and adjusted accordingly. In this paper I will respond to some questions that are raised in aviation safety: