This is about plane crashes

1. AIR DISASTERS

2. Reason for Air Disasters
• Pilot error (50%)
• Mechanical failure (20%)
• Weather (10%)
• Sabotage (10%)
• Other human errors like air traffic controller errors (10%)

3. Worst Air Disasters
Crash Type of plane/s involved
Total
casualties
Turkish Airlines flight
981
A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 346
The Charkhi Dadri
collision
A Boeing 747 and an Ilyushin Il-76 349
Japan Airlines flight
123
A Boeing 747SR 520
The Tenerife airport
collision
2 Boeing 747s 583
The 9/11 attacks 2 Boeing 767s and 2 Boeing 757s 2,996

4. Preventive Measures - Administrative
• Improve Training for Pilots and Ground Workers
• Improve Communication Between the Crew and Air Traffic Control
• CRM - Crew Resource Management, a concept that enhances the importance of
cooperation between the crew members.
• SOP - Standard Operating Procedures. When every pilot follows the same procedures, it’s
easy for two pilots to work as a team, even when they never have flown together before.
• Better weather forecast and monitoring
• Better airport security
• Proper Maintenance

5. Preventive Measures - Engineering
• Advance Air Traffic Control systems to identify aircraft on the radar and provide
separation between airplanes and terrain.
• GPWS - Ground Proximity Warning System, alerting the crew if they get too close to
the ground.
• TCAS - Traffic Collision Avoidance System, alerting the crew in they get too close to
other aircraft.
• Higher technical standard on engines and equipment.
• GPS - Ground Positioning System, making it easier to know your position.
• Simulators, enabling emergency procedures to be learned and rehearsed under
realistic conditions

6. Still the Best…
• commercial airline travel is statistically the
safest mode of transportation
• Airline accident rates continue to decline with
improvements
• chances of being involved in a fatal plane
crash are incredibly small – around 1 in 11
million, according to Harvard researchers

7. THANK YOU!