American Airlines Flight 191
American Airlines Flight 1420:
Important lessons were learned:
After the accident, “American Airlines revised their checklist procedures, both pilots
must confirm that the spoilers are armed, ready for landing”.
The pilots had been suffering from a condition known as 'Get-There-Itis'. The Narrator told the audience that “The pressures of
Get-There-Itis sparked a fatal series of mistakes and misjudgments. At the end
of a long day, rushing to beat the storms and get the passengers to their
destination. The Crew of Flight 1420 made the basic mistake that cost 11 people
their lives, they forgot to arm the spoilers”.
The Narrator told the audience that “After the accident, American
Airlines revised their checklist procedures, both pilots must confirm that the
spoilers are armed, ready for landing”.
The Narrator told the audience, “In October 2001, the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published their report, they concluded that
the 2 main causes of the crash were first, the decision to land in a
thunderstorm and second, the pilots failure to arm the spoilers”.
Flash Airlines Flight 604:
Important lessons were learned:
Flash Airlines eventually went out of business.
“As a result of the Flash Airlines Flight 604 tragedy, new rules
came into place to ensure that in the future, aircraft safety violations will
be judged more harshly”.
David Learmount (Safety Editor, Flight Global) “The Flash Airlines
crash gave the final political impetus, to a move to create a European
blacklist, where if one state banned an airline, then all the other European
Union states would automatically ban that airline also”.
All airlines have to give their pilots and cabin crew, ‘Crew
Resource Management’ training.
Crew Resource Management
Crew Resource Management is a team work
training program that trains pilots to work as a team rather than
as individuals. Flash Airlines went out of business because they did not
give their pilots Crew Resource Management. All airlines have to provide their
pilots and cabin crews with Crew Resource Management training. A number of
other businesses and emergency services are using versions of Crew Resource
Management.
American Airlines Flight 587:
Important lessons were learned:
After the accident, “Airbus issued a
bulletin reminding all pilots how to use the rudder”.
“American Airlines modified their
training program”.
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