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5 unusual facts about aviation accidents and incidents


Colin Hayes

His other son was also a trainer, but Peter Hayes, who at the time was training Fields Of Omagh, died in an airplane crash in 2001.

Mandelbaum Effect

In aviation and automobile safety research, the Mandelbaum Effect is a useful tool in determining bias in stressful conditions.

PIA Flight 705

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 was a Boeing 720–040B that crashed while descending to land on Runway 34 at Cairo International Airport on May 20, 1965, killing 121 of the 127 passengers and crew onboard.

Shalom Arush

During that time, five of his closest friends were killed in a helicopter crash while carrying out an army mission.

Test of English for Aviation

Following several accidents and incidents where language was a contributory factor (such as the Tenerife airport disaster#Communication misunderstandings), the International Civil Aviation Organization now requires all civil pilots and Air traffic controllers (working in an international environment) to have a minimum level of English.


Chalk's International Airlines

Chalk's had claimed to be the oldest continuously operating airline in the world, having begun operations in 1917 and scheduled flights in February 1919, and having only ceased operations for three years due to World War II, two days due to 1992's Hurricane Andrew, and eleven months due to an "at altitude tragedy" on December 19, 2005.

Frank S. Scott

Corporal Frank S. Scott (December 2, 1883 – September 28, 1912) was the first enlisted member of the United States Armed Forces to lose his life in an aircraft accident.

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

These dockets encompass litigation categories as diverse as securities fraud, drugs and other products liability cases, intellectual property infringement, antitrust law violations, airplane crashes, employment practices and consumer data security breaches.


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