Bombing of Air India Flight 182, June 23, 1985 Bombing summary Date: 23 June 1985 Summary: Aviation bombing Site: Atlantic Ocean, Southwest of Ireland Coordinates of crash site: 51°3.6’N 12°49’W Passengers: 307 Crew: 22 Fatalities: 329 (all) Survivors: 0 Aircraft type: Boeing 747-237B Aircraft name: Emperor Kanishka Operator: Air India Registration: VT-EFO Flight origin: Toronto…
The Tenerife airport disaster was a fatal runway collision between two Boeing 747s on Sunday, March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. The crash killed 583 people, making it the deadliest accident in aviation history. As a result of the…
“There is a tragic abundance of reasons why pilots fail to monitor critically the actions of a colleague, particularly one who is senior to them. Custom, religion and traditional ‘status’ play a strong part. It is forgotten with stunning regularity that cabin staff may find it difficult to use their own initiative–not to mention contradict…
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