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UAL DC-8 and TWA constellation 1960

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Jet placed in holding pattern and made larger circle to crash into descending aircraft
How: made speed limits at certain alts

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UAL TWA 1956

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Grand Canyon crash cancel of IFR

How: cancel IFR for major air carriers is now illegal

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Eastern air flight 401

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Nose wheel light didn’t indicate down and crew lost focus on monitoring the autopilot
How: emphasis placed on crew resource management

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Turkish air 981 1974

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Cargo door opened in flight and the plane crashed due to external damage (maintenance cutting corners)

How: made the NTSB so that safety board wasn’t focused on government ruling

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Pan Am 480 1736

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Aircraft collided with another on the runway when they were diverted to another airport. The aircraft on ground was not cleared for takeoff and there was another aircraft on the runway.

How: more emphasis on CRM

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National 193 1978

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Pilots went below minimums before the runway was in sight when the ils was out

How: pilots aren’t allowed to descent below mins

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PSA 182 1978

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Boeing 727 overtook a Cessna on final and the two collided. There was no tower advisory for the sake of the Cessna.

How: restricted commercial aircraft from general aviation airports

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American 191 1979

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Engine fell off on takeoff due to poor maintenance practices

How: improved maintenance standards and flaps lock in place when hydraulic pressure is lost

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Air Florida flight 90 1982

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Pitot tubes froze and takeoff rotation happened before airspeed was sufficient

How: more strict icing training was integrated into commercial pilot programs

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Mystery Crash

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Microburst in the final stage of landing and aircraft porpoised into the ground

How: aircraft have microburst detecting technology

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Continental 1713 in 1987

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Over rotation during takeoff Due to lack of experience in both pilots

How: made new experience requirements for pilots

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United 232

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Tail engine exploded and cut all hydraulic lines

How: made backups not so close together and made engines able to contain shrapnel in the case of an explosion

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US air 5050

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Ran off the runway due to poor exchange of flight controls, company hid the pilots

How: anti skid breaks on airplanes and the companies are not aloud to keep pilots from the NTSB

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USair 1439

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Airplane cleared to land ontop of another aircraft holding on the runway.

How: increased fire resistance of the aircraft materials and made different runways used for takeoff and landing

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UAL 585

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Unknown pitch and roll crash

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Us air 427

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Second mystery pitch and roll accident that was found to come from a control unit failure

How: reengineering of all aircraft of that same type

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American eagle flight 4184

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Boots on wing didn’t deice properly

How:increased boot size for greater deicing ability

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Valujet 592 1996

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Oxygen tank fire in flight due to lack of certified aps in saber tech

How: following rules is emphasized and there is no longer a class D cargo space on aircraft

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TWA 800

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Fuel tank explosion in flight due to faulty wiring over fuel tanks

How: cracking insulation retrofit

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Egypt air 990

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Pilot commited suicide and locked captain out

How: two people must be in the cockpit at all times

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Air France Concorde

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Piece of metal shredded tire brok fuel tank and plane lit on fire

How:horrid international court ruling and aircraft grounding

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Southwest 1248

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Landed on not cleared runway and slid off the end

How: new arresting equipment on the ends of major airport runways

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Com air 5191

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Jet took off of wrong runway and over ran the runway

How: two controllers required to be on duty and pilots use compass for verification of the runway

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Us air 1549

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Hudson River landing due to geese

How: rule and regulations for wildlife management

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Colgan air 3704

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Pilot stalled aircraft and crashed by not knowing proper recovery techniques.

How: better training on stall recovery and regulations on fatigue

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