What if air force one crashes

Neither had attempted to eject. The investigator concluded that Ames, who was on his first assignment as an instructor pilot, lost situational awareness on the final approach. He didn't realize in time that Uesaki had left the throttles idle for too long and did not react quickly enough to fix the dangerous situation that was unfolding, according to the report.

The report added that Uesaki contributed to the crash by becoming "task saturated" and placing, and then leaving, the throttles in idle. The investigation report called this a highly unusual move for a student pilot to make in the T Several instructor pilots told investigators "they would be very uncomfortable" if a student pilot put the throttles in idle at any point in the final turn of such an approach.

Instructors typically keep a close eye on student pilots' throttle movements when close to the ground and stay ready to jump in quickly if a mistake is made, the report said. Ames was well-respected by his leaders and colleagues as one of the best first-assignment instructor pilots in the squadron, the report said. But due to a winter storm, he had not flown for nine days before the fatal flight. Witnesses told investigators that after the nine-day break, Ames was rested and excited to fly the mission, which would have continued on to Tallahassee International Airport in Florida.

But some uncharacteristic irregularities during mission planning and ground operations suggested Ames "may also have lost some amount of proficiency in the days he was out of the cockpit," the report added. He wasn't present for the weather briefing before the flight, didn't calculate how much extra fuel would be needed to reach an alternate airfield if weather prevented them from safely reaching Tallahassee, and didn't realize the aircraft -- which had just had an engine replaced -- should have flown a local flight before the "cross-country" training sortie to another base, the report found.

Those mistakes didn't directly contribute to the crash, according to the report, but they point to Ames' "lack of attention to detail" the day of the crash, and a possible lack of appreciation for the risk involved in the student cross-country mission. Follow him on Twitter StephenLosey. Volcanic activity beneath Iwo Jima, site of a defining World War II battle, is pushing sunken naval vessels to the surface.

In any case, modern jetliners travel so fast even when in trouble, that most passengers would be killed just stepping outside, by the battering airflow. Len Clarke ex-military and civil pilot , Uxbridge, Middx. Yes, catering for passenger parachutes on a flight - especially long haul flights entered my mind just recently. After reading the comments, I realize the odds of such a thought.

It seems I was not the only one that contemplated the possibility. However, I do hope scientists do come up with a similar escape device for crashing planes. The amount of innocent, and productive lives that are lost to these accidents is absurd The deployment can take place once the Aircraft gets in trouble and there is slim chances of recovery. We have seen Airbus A like huge aircraft so why not develop something that can be accommodated into the Airframe hull later deployed by Pilots.

I believe it won't take much of a space and it won't be that heavy system. It is time Engineers and Companies focus on safety as well rather then selling their products. Joe, Ontario Canada The immense technological knowledge that has emerged in our time gives me huge confidence that a safe means of ejecting out of the airplane when it is certain the plane will go down.

Often than not, all on board and airplane dies after a crash and this is frightening. Having read the unlikely chance of giving passengers parachute, an idea that once holds feasible in my mind, how about making the passenger sitting cubicle and ejectable and parachute enable section within the airframe.

Like a group of 20 passenger in a sitting arrangement is placed in an ejectable frame, electronically goes off the airplane sensing mayday signals and deploys a parachute.

In the movie "Airforce One", Harrison Ford acting US president in the movie was placed in a cubicles and ejected off the plane. How about this technology implemented in commercial airlines.

In combat jet planes, the pilot eject off with his seat, deploys a parachute to land safely. A model of this kind is possible I believe. Ernest Aghimien, Lagos Nigerua The immense technological knowledge that has emerged in our time gives me huge confidence that a safe means of ejecting out of the airplane when it is certain the plane will go down is conceiveable and more often than not, all on board an airplane will dies after a crash and this is frightening.

Having read the unlikely chance of giving passengers individual parachutes, an idea that once holds feasible in my mind, how about making the passenger sitting cubicle an ejectable and parachute enable section within the airframe.

Although died from the force of the impact and smoke inhalation, the majority of the passengers and crew, including the pilots, survived. The country was captivated on October 25, , when news broke that air traffic controllers had lost radio contact with a Learjet 35 that had veered hundreds of miles off its planned flight path from Orlando to Dallas.

The plane continued its northwest path until it ran out of fuel and crashed in a field near Aberdeen, South Dakota. Reigning U. Open golf champion Payne Stewart was among the six people killed. The NTSB reported the probable cause of the crash was the incapacitation of the two pilots due to a loss in cabin pressure and an inability to get emergency oxygen. A P Mustang airplane approaches the ground right before crashing during an air show in Reno, Nevada on September 16, The vintage World War II-era fighter plane piloted by Jimmy Leeward plunged into the grandstands during the popular annual air show.

Veteran pilot Jimmy Leeward thrilled the crowds at the annual National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada , on September 16, , as he flew his highly modified P Mustang past the mile-per-hour barrier for the first time ever. The aircraft then rolled and nose-dived toward the crowd. As video showed , it smashed into the airstrip apron at over miles per hour in front of box seating in the grandstand.

The plane disintegrated upon contact, killing Leeward and 10 spectators and injuring more than 60 people. An NTSB investigation determined that loose screws on the tail assembly and unprecedented speed caused the crash. Oxygen masks hang from the ceiling in the cabin interior of Asiana Airlines flight following a crash on July 6, in San Francisco, California.

Amid clear skies on July 6, , Asiana Airlines Flight approached San Francisco International Airport at an extremely low altitude and slow speed.