In China’s worst air disaster in more than a decade, a China Eastern Airlines plane crashed in a remote mountainous area of the country on March 21 while flying from Kunming to Guangzhou. While this is a tragic incident, the data shows that the airline industry has become much safer over time and has learned many lessons from previous accidents. Here’s a quiz on accidents, lessons learned, heroes and the industry.
In China’s worst air disaster in more than a decade, a China Eastern Airlines plane crashed in a remote mountainous area of the country on March 21 while flying from Kunming to Guangzhou. While this is a tragic incident, the data shows that the airline industry has become much safer over time and has learned many lessons from previous accidents. Here’s a quiz on accidents, lessons learned, heroes and the industry.
In China’s worst air disaster in more than a decade, a China Eastern Airlines plane crashed in a remote mountainous area of the country on March 21 while flying from Kunming to Guangzhou. While this is a tragic incident, the data shows that the airline industry has become much safer over time and has learned many lessons from previous accidents. Here’s a quiz on accidents, lessons learned, heroes and the industry.
1. The mid-air collision of two planes over Charkhi Dadri in 1996 is one of India’s worst aviation disasters. The accident, which killed all 349 people on board both flights, led to two major changes in aviation. One, India, said that any aircraft carrying 30 or more passengers or a maximum payload capacity of more than 3 tons would need to have an ACAS (Airborne Collision Avoidance System) to be allowed to fly in Indian airspace. What was the other change that India proposed to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that was rejected by many countries? This requirement was only specified in 2003 when the ICAO published guidelines on this. And the reason India pushed for it was because that was largely a reason for the crash.
Reply :
Make English the language of aviation. The Charkhi Dadri crash occurred mainly because the Kazakh pilot could not understand the instructions given to him in English.
2. This man was in the news last June for being chosen by US President Joe Biden for an important post. A film directed by Clint Eastwood was based on a 2009 feat this man performed on an airliner that was struck by a flock of birds. For this act he was honored by the US Senate and the House of Representatives. Who is the man we are talking about and what is the name of the Eastwood film?
Reply :
sully; Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
3. Two fatal crashes (one in 2018 and one in 2019) involving a specific aircraft model resulted in that aircraft being grounded worldwide. Which multinational corporation does this model of aircraft belong to?
4. In 1956, a mid-air collision occurred over the Grand Canyon. The crash prompted a public outcry for safer skies, and a certain organization was formed and given total control of American airspace. What is the name of this organization?
Reply :
Federal Aviation Agency or Federal Aviation Administration
5. The black box is a flight recorder on an airplane. We often hear about finding the black box in the event of a crash, as finding it gives clues as to the cause of the crash. What color is the black box?
6. Why are airplane windows round and not square as they used to be?
Reply :
The edges of the square windows were weak points that were additionally stressed by the altitude. These square windows were responsible for crashes in previous decades.
7. This word, which is a distress call indicating a life-threatening emergency and used on ships and airplanes, comes from a French word meaning “help me.” What is the emergency call?
