For questions relating to aviation accidents, or the avoidance thereof.
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If your plane is out-of-control, why does military training instruct releasing the joystick to neutralize controls?
I quote from Sunday Night's June 3 2019 episode with Capt Kevin Sullivan. I ask about Capt Sullivan's remark with quotation marks below.
Releasing the joystick is undoubtedly counter-intuitive to me, as I haven't been trained in military aviation!…
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Has a life raft ever been successfully deployed on a modern commercial flight?
Has a life rift ever been successfully deployed in the event of an air accident involving a commercial aircraft?
For the purposes of this question a "life raft" is an inflatable device designed specifically and only to be used as a life raft and…
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Should I hold my breath in case of a decompression?
If I'm, for example, in the lavatory where there are no oxygen masks, would it be advisable to hold your breath until you can reach an oxygen mask, or until the pilot brings the aircraft down to an altitude where we can breath again?
Is it even…
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How can citizens assist at an aircraft crash site?
In the event of an accident like that of Yeti Airlines flight 691 in Pokhara, Nepal (where the crash happened outside of the airport), what and how can those who arrive at the crash site first help?
Is there a standard procedure to follow when the…
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Can a "Destroyed" Helicopter be repaired and flown?
If a helicopter is reported by the NTSB as Destroyed in their Accident report, and as they make no disposal recommendation in their reports, can the aircraft be legally rebuilt by an authorized and approved FAA and Bell Repair facility and flown…
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In the event of a crash over thick snow or a forest, would it be safer inside the aircraft or free-falling?
I just saw this question about humans surviving terminal velocity free-falls, sometimes even with little injury depending on the surface conditions, particularly over forests, hills, or thick snow cover.
That made me wonder, if a passenger of:
a…
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Who is the woman that famously survived a light-plane crash in the arctic in the 1950s?
As a kid I read a book by a woman who crashed in the Canadian arctic and, along with the pilot, walked their way out of the bush. She lost some toes (and fingers?) to frostbite, but was otherwise OK.
I believe the action took place in the 1950s, but…
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Have there ever been accidents due to a vacuum failure that hasn't been noticed?
When the vacuum system fails, the artificial horizon slowly goes back into it's non-vacuumed position. I found no picture on that but it's a quite high angle of bank that is indicated.
Has there ever been an accident because of the failure of the…
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Has a civil aviation accident ever involved more than two manned aircraft?
Has a civil aviation accident ever involved more than two manned aircraft? Meaning, in one accident: more than two manned aircraft had fatalities or serious injuries or significant damage; or one or two manned aircraft had fatalities or serious…
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How realistic was the airplane scene in Terminator Dark Fate?
In the movie Terminator Dark Fate, the C-5 Galaxy Grace (Mackenzie Davis) is flying gets hit by another plane (I think it's a KC-10 Extender) piloted by the Rev-9 Terminator.
What I want to know is how realistic (or not realistic) is this scene.…
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Which Airline don't use the Flight Number 191 anymore because of bad luck?
This question came up while reading an article about mysterious plane incidents. It told that some airlines do not use the flight number 191 because of bad luck.
In fact, there have been so many catastrophes that, much like hotel
owners who…
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Can pilots turn off warning alarms? Re: Aeroperu Flight 603
I just watched the Mayday S1E4 episode concerning Aeroperu Flight 603. Gut wretching to see the pilots in that situation. On listening to the recording tape, alarms were blaring constantly, some for maybe as long as 15 minutes straight. I can…
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LEFT RIGHT PROBLEM
I am writing an article about the LEFT RIGHT CONFUSION which has resulted in many accidents where pilots have shut down the wrong engine in this confusion. Many people have a real problem in deciding between RIGHT and LEFT though not much attention…
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Has a life raft ever been successfully deployed in case of an accident?
Has a life rift ever been successfully deployed in the event of an air accident?
By successfully I mean removed from the aircraft, placed on the water, inflated and used by passengers/crew as a life raft.
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Did Southwest airlines retire flight 1380 following the accident, and with what number?
Just wondering if Southwest Airlines flight 1380 was retired and replaced with a different flight number following the uncontained engine failure and depressurization accident in April 2018?
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