RECENT discussion has focussed on the protection of military aircrew from the rigours of operating high performance, agile aircraft while at the same time expecting high mental and physical performance to meet the operational requirements of a mission. The cockpit space, seat design and availability ...
It was like that, but worse," Escoffier says during the call. "In four seconds the boat nosedived, the bow folded at 90 degrees, I put my head down in the cockpit, a wave was coming, I had time to send one text before the wave fried the electronics." It was...
controllers at the Philadelphia TRACON “temporarily lost radar and communications with the aircraft under their control, unable to see, hear or talk to them”. That summary of the event was provided by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association...
Flying Officer Butler, tended to their wounded pilot, applying a tourniquet to his let and giving him a shot of morphine. The port engine was now giving problems and the intercom was dead, so on the VHF set, Hall sent out a ‘Mayday’ ...
mayday call and belly-landed before slamming into a barrier, killing all aboard except two flight attendants.Authorities on Thursday carried out search and seizure operations at Muan airport where flight 2216 crashed, a regional aviation office in the southwestern city, and Jeju Air's office in ...
When I got back to the cockpit, the real trouble started – the cabin sole was underwater. I went for the VHF and put out a Mayday three times, forgetting the aerial was underwater. The unit showed ‘low power’ so I went for the handheld in the grab bag. It was flat. I let...
In January–March 2006 five incidents were reported at Brisbane Airport in which pitot probes gave inconsistent airspeed readings in the cockpit and flights were either rejected during take-off roll or proceeded to their destination with an erroneous airspeed indication on one of the three pitot syst...
He ran toward it but was hit in the back by the airplane’s horizontal stabilizer. Trying again, he succeeded in climbing into rear cockpit. He shut off the engine and fuel and turned it away from a hangar filled with other aircraft and men. Although the BT-13 crashed into another ...
The feasibility of reduced crew members in DPO has been investigated recently. The terms Reduced-Crew Operations (RCO), described as two pilots onboard and only flying alone during the cruise phase, and SPO, defined as one pilot onboard with ground and cockpit-based supports throughout the fli...
Recording system operation CVR system The CVR recorded the total audio environment in the cockpit area, which may include crew conversation, radio transmissions, aural alarms, control movements, switch activations, engine noise and airflow noise. The CVR installed in VH-QPA retained the last 2 ...