i’m just wondering cuz i was freaking out on the gondola but i don’t on airplanes?
Gondola accident. If you look at the what the accident rate is for aircraft over the last decade and the amount of passengers that are carried from point A to point B vs. Gondola’s it’s a good bet given where most of the Gondolas are located (Italy) they are banging into one another more often. My suggestion, take plenty of sleeping pills.
Nov 072009
Oct 302009
When?
As person who performs aircraft accident investigation (crash investigation) I tend to find why the aircraft did crash. There have been no accident sites I have been on we could not figure out what happened.
Aircraft crashes happen for two reason mechanical malfunction or pilot error. Over the years engineers have worked out the mechanical malfunction and less than 10% of crashes involve mechanical malfunction. That leaves a whole lot of room for pilot error.
This is why on every flight there is an aircraft preflight inspection and crew briefing accomplished. We learn that skipping or short cutting the preflight or crew briefing results in a higher accident rate. The biggest reason for accident is human factors.
Having said all of the above is a crash ever considered good? I believe it is in my opinion. Take the British Airline B-777-237 that crash-landed just short of the runway in England on January 17, 2008. No persons died only 18 minor injuries exiting the aircraft.
The plane was using an instrument landing system (ILS) approach, which allows pilots to follow a set path and be guided in this incident towards runway 27L at Heathrow. The jet was at a height of about 600ft (183 meters) and two miles (3.2 kilometers) from touch down when the engines failed to respond to a demand for increased thrust from its auto throttle. After continued demands for increased thrust, and with the flight crew moving the throttle levers, the engines similarly failed to respond. The aircraft speed reduced and the aircraft thus descended below the normal flight path. It was then impossible to reach the runaway threshold.
The pilots had received no warning that the plane was losing power due to a problem with the aircraft’s alarm systems. They did not realize anything was wrong until they noticed that the plane was losing speed more rapidly than normal as it made its descent towards the runway.
Look at what we learned from that crash. The fuselage held together being it was metal and composite design. No fire because the fuel tanks were not damaged, fire suppression systems worked and all the emergency slides worked. The crew briefing were followed by the pilots and cabin attendants. The pilots used the emergency procedures and they worked as followed. We learned crew training worked very well.
Now the engineering have a test bed aircraft to look at and improve on design as a result of this crash. In this case the crash was a good thing because the pilots were well trained and got the stricken aircraft on the ground. Now lots of answers will be answered about the design, crash failures, structural design, fuel/water mixture, foreign maintenance procedures or lack of.