ANTHROP 3FA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Headon, Ground-Penetrating Radar, Valujet Flight 592
18 Jun 2016
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Although few, remembered long time, large-scale devastating accident. May 1937; most major air disaster, airship hindenburg caught fire when landing in ny, killing 35 ppl. Commercial aviation has evolved greatly since, air travel now safest of mass transportation; media tho . Air crashes carrying hundred are mass fatal accidents, along with earthquakes, floods, sunken ships, etc. Mechanical malfunction (engine), weather related (turbulence, lightning, wind), human error, combo. Boeing 747 at tenerife airport 1977, 2 planes takeoff from same runway, lots of fog, one pilot takes off before clearance, causing crash killing 600 ppl. Emergency personnel usually close at hand, airports have firefighters and paramedics to put out fires and escape passengers, but even if reached in time, inhaling toxic fumes or superheated air = casualties. Aviation fuel very volatile, burn spread quickly and toxic fumes just as. Chimney effect: exits open causing fire to burn fiercer bc smoke/fumes replacing air.
