10 Most Important Plane Crashes in History

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Turkish Airlines Flight 981

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omega13a 6 years ago

Should be a lesson to air manufactures to actually implement changes that were recommended after a non-fatal incident. In this case the crash would have been avoided if McDonnald Douglas redisned the cargo door for the DC-10 after a close call two years earlier with American Airlines Flight 96

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10 Most Important Plane Crashes in History

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Cerritos Mid-Air Collison

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omega13a 6 years ago

Required private pilots in the US to have transponders that gave altitude information to air traffic control as well as require airlines to have TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) installed on their planes.

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United Airlines Flight 173

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omega13a 6 years ago

Mandated Crew Resource Management training for all flight crews which brought the end of the Captain being god in the cockpit

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9/11

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omega13a 6 years ago

The terrorist attack that not only marked the beginning of the war on terror but changed how flight crews are taught how to deal with terrorists as well mandate the locking of the door to the cockpit.

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?berlingen mid-air collision

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omega13a 6 years ago

Resulted in instructions given by TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) be given precedence over anything air traffic control says.

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Tenerife Airport Disaster

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omega13a 6 years ago

In addition to being the worst aviation accident in history, it lead to the standardization of terminology used in communications between air traffic control and pilots

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Air India Flight 182

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omega13a 6 years ago

The flight was brought down by a bomb that was smuggled on board in a suitcase belonging to a person who never boarded the plane. Taught the importance of making sure the only the luggage of people who boarded the plane got loaded.

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American Airlines Flight 191

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omega13a 6 years ago

Not only the deadliest aviation accident in US history, it also taught the importance of following proper maintenance procedures as recommended by the plane's manufacturer.

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