Experieces While Creating A Blog

    We have done 16 posts towards the end of our blog assessment.We had discover minor difficulties while creating a blog because all of us doesn't have the experiences to create a blog.It is interesting to have a blog.We can stress our feelings and give opinion about something,not to forget we can share any information with other colleagues  by linking  our blog to others.There were comments sections in a blog so that the viewers can give some advice or opinion towards the entry.Finally, we thanked to Madam Rosiah for giving the precious  opportunity  to us.

The Most Recent Fatal or Significant Plane Crashes

   The following were the most recent fatal or significant airliner events, listed with the most recent event first, from around the world. The passenger fatalities in the numbered events may be due to accidents, hijackings, sabotage, or military action. numbered events include all of those involving either jet passenger flights and turboprop accidents involving models with more than 10 passengers seats where the aircraft involved were used in airline service in North America and western Europe, and where at least one passenger was killed.


1.25 January 2010; Ethiopian Airlines 737-800; Flight 409; near Beirut, Lebanon
2.25 December 2009; Northwest Airlines A330-300 (N820NW); Flight 253; near Detroit, MI
3.22 December 2009; American Airlines 737-800 (N977AN); Flight 331; Kingston, Jamaica
4.28 November 2009; Avient Aviation MD-11F; Flight 324; Shanghai, China
5.12 November 2009; RwandAir CRJ-100ER; Flight 205; Kigali, Rwanda
6.9 October 2009;CASA-212, near Fonds-Verrettes, Haiti
7.8 August 2009; Eurocopter and Piper Saratoga, Hudson River, near New York City
8.24 July 2009; Aria Air Ilyushin 62M, Flight 1525; Mashhad, Iran
9.15 July 2009; Caspian Airlines Tu154M, Flight 7908; near Jannatabad, Iran
10.30 June 2009; Yemenia Airlines; A310-300; Flight 626; near Moroni, Comoros Islands

Today in History...

This day in history,21 years ago, on March 21,1989 a Transbrasil Boeing 707-349C crashed while attempting to land at Sao Paulo, Brazil. All 3 crew-members aboard, along with 18 people on the ground, were killed.

The main factor this crash happened cause of pilot error, failure to maintain sufficient airspeed on final approach.Based on the accident investigated, this accident happened because the TransBrasil Boeing 707 was making a high speed approach to runway 09R when the left wing struck a building. The aircraft crashed into a residential area (houses),short of the runway after the aircraft stalled and  bursting into flames.

Airplane Accidents Rate

The following table provides statistical information regarding the accident rates from years 1990 to 2005 in around Australia and Asia. A fatal event is defined as 'an event in which one passenger was fatally injured solely due to the operation of an aircraft’.There are many factors that contribute to the safety rating of an airline including: accident history, maintenance and operational procedures, types of training programs among pilots and crew.

In addition there are different ways to analyze past accident data including using number of hours flown, passenger miles completed or number of trips made. The accident rates are based on only three basic parameters. Number of flights, the number of fatal accidents and the fatality rate of those accidents. The methodology is listed below the tables.Aviation accidents are extremely rare, with the probability of a passenger being killed on a single flight at approximately eight million-to-one. If a passenger boarded a flight at random, once a day, everyday, it would statistically be over 21,000 years before he or she would be killed.

UK Aviation Entrepreneur Dies in Malaysia Plane Crash

A British pilot who died when his plane crashed during a test flight in Malaysia (during takeoff from an airstrip in Taiping) on 16th August 2009 had been described as an aviation entrepreneur. The 53-year-old was flying a Jetpod aircraft, developed by his UK-based company, Avcen, when the accident happened. The plane, which was being tried out at the Tekah airstrip, is being developed to take off and land in short distances and cruise at low levels.
It would need only 125 metres (410ft) to take off or land, allowing runways to be constructed close to city centres, and would also be quiet enough not to be noticeable above the noise of city traffic.
Mohd Sobri Abdullah, the senior officer of the Taiping fire and rescue service, told the Malaysian Bernama news agency that fire and rescue personnel had been stationed at the airstrip at Avcen's request before the crash.
He said the plane had reached an altitude of 200 metres when it plunged to the ground and burst into flames. The Department of Civil Aviation was investigating the cause of the accident.

~Civil Aviation~

The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA) sets and monitors civil aviation safety and security standards. It is governed by the Civil Aviation Act 1990 (amended in 1992). The CAA is responsible for almost every aspect of civil aviation safety, including:

•the licensing of pilots, aircraft maintenance personnel and airlines
•designation of space in which aircraft can fly

•regulation of flight and airport operations

•certification of airports and airfields, aircraft manufacturers, aviation organisations and airways services such as weather forecasters.

~First Air Crash Accident~

Nineteenth-century balloonist David Mahoney (alias Captain Charles Lorraine) was the first New Zealander to die in an air accident, drowning after his balloon came down in the sea beyond the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour in 1899. Balloons gave way to aeroplanes before the First World War, and the pioneering phase of aviation stretched into the 1930s. The first aircraft fatality occurred in 1919 when a biplane crashed during an aerobatic display over a race meeting at Christchurch, killing pilot Cecil Hill. Such accidents brought home the hazardous nature of flying.

What steps to discover all the chain of event of aiplane accident??

When the accident was occured ,the there’s were many steps and many time that must be spend to discover the all chain of the event that led the specific accident.First step,the investigators will piece together the accident with help from the flight data recorder, & cockpit voice recorder.The flight data recorder records the aircraft parameters like speed, altitude,& track. The CVR records the actual cockpit conversation.
Next step, pilots are taught CRM, or Cockpit Resource Management in order to guard against making errors that lead to a chain of events. The CRM is using all the resources including equipment, procedures, & people to promote safety and enhance the efficiency of flight operations. An example of a flight crew using CRM is lets say a crew heard a small vibration on a flight. The crew will investigate that vibration using resources like the checklist, checking with the flight attendants, the passengers, or calling maintenance while in flight so as to solve the problem of finding the source of that vibration. In otherwords, everyone including passengers have an input when it comes to safety. All it takes to avoid an accident is a well trained crew using CRM to avoid that critical chain of events, or recognizing when you started that chain and recovering from it. In the real world when a captain of a flight notices that a error in their flight, the captain will evaluate that mistake, risk, and refocus on methodically paying attention to details to continue a safe flight.

What agency that investigate airplane accident??

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has the responsibility to  investigate of an accident and  prepared a report of their findings. The NTSB is an agency to determine the cause of the accident and to provide Safety Recommendations to the FAA or other entities as to how to avoid other accidents due to that cause. While,the FAA investigates an accident or incident to determine whether or not any Federal Aviation Regulation, FAA policy, or standard has a defect or needs to be changed or modified. 

These programs include such areas as pilot certification, aircraft certification, operating rules, etc. Both agencies work very closely with many other groups such as manufacturers, pilot groups, industry organizations, in order to accurately determine the cause of the accident. The FAA investigates all airplane accidents and incidents to some extent based on the specific situation while the NTSB prepares reports on selected accidents, normally those of a serious or significant nature based on the current NTSB criteria.Each agency was taken the specific responsibilities and functions to avoid the air crash accident happened back.

Non Fatal Accident Malaysia Airlines..(Part I)

Date : 18 December 1983

Type of Aircraft : Malaysia Airlines Flight 684, Airbus A300B4 (OY-KAA)

Description : An airbus take off from Scandinavian Airlines crashed 2 km short of the runway in Subang on a flight from Singapore. There were no fatalities.



Date : 15 March 2000

Type Of Aircraft : Malaysia Airlines Flight 85, an Airbus A330-300 (9M-MKB)

Description : the Airplane was damaged by a chemical called oxalyl chloride, which leaked when unloading, causing damage when arrived at KLIA from Beijing.

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Fatal Incidents Malaysian Airlines..

Date : 4 December 1977

Type of Aircraft : Malaysia Airlines Flight 653, a Boeing 737-200 (9M-MBD)

Description : The flight was hijacked and crashed in Tanjung Kupang, and have killed all 100 people aboard.


Date : 15 September 1995

Type of Aircraft : Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133, a Fokker 50 (9M-MGH)

Description : The airplane crashed during approach in Tawau, Sabah due to wind shear. 34 people were killed.

How to Survive AirPlane Crash (Part III)

This is the last part for the discussion about how to survive the airplane crash. Hope that all the stetps that given will help the air plane passengers after this. There are another three last steps which are :

1. Protect yourself from smoke.
smoke is responsible for a large percentage of crash fatalities. The smoke in an airplane fire can be very thick and highly toxic, so cover your nose and mouth with a cloth to avoid breathing it in. If possible, moisten the cloth to provide extra protection.

2. Get out of the airplane as quickly as possible.
If a flight attendant is able to instruct, listen to him or her, and cooperate to increase everyone’s chances of survival. (but sometimes they are not able to do so).
Don’t try to rescue your belongings.Make sure the exit you choose is safe.

3. Get at least 500 feet upwind from the aircraft.
Fire or explosion can result at any time after a crash, so put some distance between you and the plane. If the crash is in open-water, swim as far away from the plane wreckage as possible

How to Survive Air Plane Crash (Part II)

There were 4 steps to survive air plane crash that discussed at last post. So, it will be continue for 4 others steps for this post.

1. Keep your seatbelt securely fastened at all times.
If you are sleep at this time, you’ll be glad you kept your seatbelt on. In any case, make sure it is placed around you snugly before impact. However, if your belt slides up into your stomach, you have a greater chance of getting dangerous internal injuries.

2. Brace yourself for impact.
If you know you’re going to crash, brace yourself. Return your seat back to its full upright position and assume one of two "brace positions."

3. Remain calm.
Keep cool and think methodically and rationally to maximize that chance.

4. Put your oxygen mask on before assisting others.
If the integrity of the cabin is compromised, you have only about 15 seconds (often less if you’re a smoker or have circulatory or respiratory problems) to start breathing through your oxygen mask before you are rendered unconscious.

How to Survive a Plane Crash (Part I)

There are 11 steps to survive a plane crash. For this week, there are just 4 steps that will posts for the blog readers and it will be continue for the other week.
The steps to survive a plane crash are :

1. Need to wear long pants, a long-sleeve t-shirt, and sturdy, comfortable, lace-up shoes.
High heels are not allowed on the evacuation slides and you can cut your feet and toes on glass or get flammable liquids on or in your sandals if you wear them.

2. Book the right seats.
It’s best to get seats as close as possible to an exit, and aisle seats are generally preferable. In addition, try to sit in the back of the plane. Passengers in the tail of the aircraft have 40% higher survival rates than those in the first few rows.

3. Read the safety information card and pay attention to the preflight safety speech.

4. Make a plan.
If the plane is going to crash, you almost always have several minutes to prepare before impact. Use this time to once again review where the exits are and try to determine what surface the plane will land on so you can customize your preparations.

Pilot Error Cause Aircrash accident

Based on the statistic those are given from PlantCrashInfo.com which represents the air crash accidents, the major causes these cases happen caused by pilot error sometimes called as cockpit error. Pilot error can be defined as mistakes, or failure that happened by an aircraft operator (pilot) during the performance of his/her duties. Usually in an accident, the pilot in command (Captain) made the error unintentionally. The pilot may be declared to be in error even during adverse weather conditions or mechanical failure of the aircraft. The pilot has responsibility to control their aircraft and the responsibility for the accident in such a case depend upon whether the pilot could reasonably know of the danger and whether he or she took reasonable steps to avoid the problems.

Aircraft Accidents..

An aircraft accident is defined in the Convention on International Civil Aviation as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, in which a person is fatally or seriously injured, the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure.

This type of damage is the failure of an aircraft to suspend itself in flight due to mechanical or human error resulting in a collision with the ground or at the sea. Usually the speed of an aircraft for example airplane is 800 kilometres per hour and above. The speed itself shows how fast it is traveling from one place to another and caused fatality to the passenger on board when it crash.

When do Most Plane Crashes Happen..??

Approximately 80% of all aircraft accidents occur shortly before or during take off and landing. These are usually said to have been caused by pilot error, although these days this is more often referred to as human error, to emphasize that pilots are simply human beings. Aspects of aircraft design can play a part in accidents. The different design of aircraft was the most problems to the pilot for example, in early aircraft, many switches and buttons which performed different functions looked very similar. These days it has been realized that this is not a good idea, and everything is done to make sure that pilots cannot mix up the various controls.