AEROSPACE CRISIS

Aeroplanes have conquered the travelling of this time and age.The long hours wasted in the historic eras due to ships and travelling on land was immediately eradicated when the genius Wright brothers unveiled their almighty invention. This was the modernization of the travelling experience and to this day the world is heavily dependent on this mode of transport for especially long distances. The air planes exist to provide fast and efficient experience to avoid the hassle that once was a part of life but, everything comes at a cost. This source of travelling is nonetheless the most effective but the crisis that this specific sector faces has much more troublesome consequences than discussed in the previous article on 'automotive crisis'. The internal problem that plague this transportation facility is STRUCTURAL FAILURE which is caused by mere but ever so perilous THREE of the CAUSES:

1. Faulty Design
2. Faulty Maintenance
3. Manufacturing Flaws

The ultimate hazards of these faulty characteristics are severe thus fatalities are very common in this part. The Crisis mentioned below are as astonishing as it can get.

• In 1974, Turkish Airlines flight 981 was going from Istanbul to London with a intermediate stopover in Paris. The flight crashed into the Ermenonville forest outside Paris KILLING ALL 346 passengers. The crash was caused when an improperly secured cargo door at the rear of the plane broke off, causing an explosive decompression which severed cables necessary to control the aircraft.
• On May 25th 1979, American Airlines flight 191 from Chicago to Los Angeles crashed moments after taking off. ALL 258 passengers and 13 crew on board were killed. As the aircraft was rotating after take off, the engine of the left wing broke off subsequently resulting in a crash. The engine separation was attributed to damage to the pylon rigging structure holding the engine to the wing. Faulty maintenance procedures were the reason of this tragedy.
• On Monday, August 12 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic flight from Tokyo to Osaka. The Boeing suffered an explosive decompression and crashed into two ridges of a Mountain. The casualties were massive, 15 CREW MEMBERS AND 505 PASSENGERS. A doubler plate on the rear bulkhead of the plane was improperly repaired, compromising the plane's airworthiness. The explosive decompression ripped of large portion of the tail, making crash inevitable.

Solution:
The cases aforementioned are only handpicked from the lengthy list of deadly BLOODBATH DISASTERS. The reason is the flaw of design or maintenance that prompted THOUSANDS of people to suffer. The solution is not complex or superficial, though the investigation has shown a simple picture of the cause but it is hidden until found by the fate of accidents hence fixing it is just a regret afterwards. The engineers working in this industry are well aware of their tasks value and significance because of the grave consequences otherwise.What has to be done is, the faulty design has to be avoided at all costs and secondly, the maintenance staff needs to realize the importance of their vigilance and utter concentration. In majority of the cases the lack of maintenance lets the flaw emerge to be a disaster. The disasters happen for people to learn and improve but history has painted a picture of REPETITION.