the 2015 crash of Germanwings flight
9525 raised many serious questions about
the current state of the airline
industry welcome to watchmojo.com 10
crucial airplane crash facts number 10
how has the airline industry evolved
founded in 1909 in Frankfurt Germany as
a spin-off of Zeppelin airships
des lag was the world’s first airline to
use aircraft as a revenue-generating
passenger service the first commercial
flight took off in 1910 with many of the
airline’s
early flights serving as sightseeing
tours in the United States the
government did not regulate aviation for
the first decade or so following many
accidents and due to fears of air
transportation as such the first
American aviation regulations were put
in place only in the 1920s and of
particular note is the air Commerce Act
of 1926 which required pilots and
aircraft to be adequately licensed and
examined and for aviation accidents to
be investigated thanks to the creation
of other aviation agencies and
organizations around the world flying
has since become safer due to better
aircraft design the institution of
safety regulations and protocols as well
as advanced engineering number nine how
profitable is the industry previously
known as a continual money-loser
at least during the early 21st century
the American airline industry rebounded
in 2014 with record-breaking profits
thanks to crude oil prices remaining
continuously low while worldwide travel
demand has increased the major airlines
as a whole
earned over 11 billion dollars for 2014
with projected earnings in 2015
climbing to 17 billion crude oil prices
have been dropping since early 2014 due
to an oversaturated market and low
demand thereby padding the bottom lines
of airline
stocks as jet oil is a significant
portion of their expenses number eight
how safe is it to fly on a plane
statistics have shown that flying is by
far the safest mode of transportation as
compared to driving cycling taking the
train or even walking
Arnold Barnett an MIT statistics
professor determined that the chance of
dying as a passenger on a commercial
aircraft is one in 45 million flights in
terms of fatal accidents 2014 was the
safest in modern day aviation record
despite the large number of reported
fatalities furthermore aviation specific
deaths have been consistently decreasing
since the 1990s and considering there
are more planes in the sky than ever
before this record is even more
astonishing number 7 what was the
aviation industries track record in 2014
in terms of crashes 2014 saw the lowest
number of crashes in over 60 years with
a total of 111
that being said 2014 was also one of the
deadliest years as over 1,300 people
were killed in several of those plane
crashes this number was almost three
times the number of deaths in 2013
according to the bureau of aircraft
accidents archives number six what were
some of 2014’s most notable crashes 2014
saw several major airline plane crashes
on March 8 Malaysian Airlines flight 370
disappeared somewhere over the gulf of
thailand between kuala lumpur and
beijing the aircraft was tracked by
Malaysian military radar as it deviated
from its planned route until the signal
was lost at 222 Malaysian Standard Time
when the plane left range the
disappearance of the aircraft which was
carrying a total of 227 passengers and
12 crew members launched the most
expensive and vast search in aviation
history later on July 17th Malaysian
Airlines flight 17 was shot down on its
way from amsterdam to kuala lumpur as of
early 2015 the most likely
of the crash has been attributed to a
surface-to-air missile as part of the
ongoing war in Donbass the aircraft was
carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew
members when it was hit over donetsk
oblast ukraine and led to the death of
all aboard then near the end of the year
on December 28th Indonesia AirAsia
flight 8501 encountered bad weather and
crashed into the Java Sea while making
its way from Surabaya Indonesia to
Singapore the aircraft was carrying 155
passengers and 7 crew members all of
whom perished in the accident number 5
how hard was the Asian airline industry
hit in 2014 in 2014 a total of 3
Southeast Asian planes crashed with no
survivors two of which seemingly
vanished into thin air
following the crash of Malaysian MH 17
flight over Ukraine shares in Malaysian
Airlines dropped by over 15% on July 18
2014
furthermore on the late 2014 European
Union airline blacklist published less
than three weeks before the AirAsia
flight ninety two percent of Indonesian
Airlines have been banned from flying in
EU territory due to lacks safety
standards number four
what happened in the Germanwings flight
9525 crash on March 24th 2015
Germanwings flight 9525 crashed into the
French Alps and killed all 144
passengers and six crew members on board
Germanwings is a low-cost subsidiary of
German airline Lufthansa and flight 9525
was flying from Barcelona Spain to
Dusseldorf Germany when it began a
steady descent after reaching its
assigned cruising altitude German and
French prosecutors assigned the cause of
the plane crash to copilot andreas
Lubitz once the contents of both cockpit
voice recorders also known as black
boxes had been examined in the moments
leading to the crash it’s believed that
the pilot in command
captain Patrick Sondheim er was locked
out of the cockpit after returning from
a bathroom break and that he tried to
break down the door
furthermore on the recording one can
hear lubitz’s steady breathing and the
calls from air-traffic controllers right
before the impact and this has led
investigators to believe it was a
deliberate crash
we were told confidentially that there’s
nothing to see there the plane has been
a blue obliterated and all of the
passengers including our son there’s
almost nothing to be found additional
information from the second flight data
recorder showed that Lubitz deliberately
accelerated the speed of the plane as it
descended and that the speed warning
signal sounded twice and in both cases
were manually deactivated all this has
led investigators to believe that Lubitz
was conscious as the plane crashed and
that the cause of the crash was pilot
suicide although there was no suicide
note left behind number three who is
responsible for the Germanwings accident
as of early April 2015 investigators had
found the second flight data recorder
and had stopped searching for the bodies
of passengers as the investigation for
the victims would continue through DNA
strand analysis authorities quickly
delved into lubitz’s background and
found that he had hid an unspecified
existing illness from his employers
which was confirmed when they found a
discarded doctor’s note in his apartment
that labeled him unfit to work the day
of the crash it was further discovered
that Lubitz had a history of depression
and during his flight training he had
taken several months off in order to
deal with it according to the German
newspaper dish beagle there was a note
on lubitz’s medical certification that
if the symptoms of his depression were
to return his pilot license would have
to be terminated during a second search
of his home
investigators discovered prescription
pills that seemed to suggest he was
suffering from a quote psychosomatic
illness
number two have there been changes to
airline regulations in the wake of the
2015 Germanwings plane crash several
countries have taken it upon themselves
to modify their airline regulations more
specifically by requiring that at least
two members of authorized personnel be
in the cockpit at all times previously
following the September 11th attacks in
which four airplanes were hijacked by
the Islamic terrorist group al Qaeda the
American Transportation Security
Administration instituted a change
regarding the cockpit commercial
aircraft are now required to have
bulletproof and strengthened cockpit
doors with the intention of limiting
future attacks however in the case of
the Germanwings crash this may have
prevented captain Sandin himer
from re-entering the cabin after his
bathroom break
number one what does the future of the
airline industry look like since its
inception in 1909 the aviation industry
has continued to grow and evolve
requiring higher levels of security for
the passenger and the skies through
which its planes fly quick changes to
cockpit regulations have already been
enacted in the wake of the Germanwings
crash these changes are important but
have left many wondering if they’re
enough as others begin to question the
standards regarding the vetting and
psychological examination process given
to pilots discussions have already begun
that call into questions such issues as
whether or not doctor-patient
confidentiality should one day be
revoked in favor of passenger safety and
whether flying will remain a safer
alternative to driving despite the fact
that there appear to have been more and
more air disasters in recent times it
should be remembered that these have
been due to a variety of different
causes and air transportation remains an
extremely safe mode of transportation
did these facts surprise you to vote for
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9525 raised many serious questions about
the current state of the airline
industry welcome to watchmojo.com 10
crucial airplane crash facts number 10
how has the airline industry evolved
founded in 1909 in Frankfurt Germany as
a spin-off of Zeppelin airships
des lag was the world’s first airline to
use aircraft as a revenue-generating
passenger service the first commercial
flight took off in 1910 with many of the
airline’s
early flights serving as sightseeing
tours in the United States the
government did not regulate aviation for
the first decade or so following many
accidents and due to fears of air
transportation as such the first
American aviation regulations were put
in place only in the 1920s and of
particular note is the air Commerce Act
of 1926 which required pilots and
aircraft to be adequately licensed and
examined and for aviation accidents to
be investigated thanks to the creation
of other aviation agencies and
organizations around the world flying
has since become safer due to better
aircraft design the institution of
safety regulations and protocols as well
as advanced engineering number nine how
profitable is the industry previously
known as a continual money-loser
at least during the early 21st century
the American airline industry rebounded
in 2014 with record-breaking profits
thanks to crude oil prices remaining
continuously low while worldwide travel
demand has increased the major airlines
as a whole
earned over 11 billion dollars for 2014
with projected earnings in 2015
climbing to 17 billion crude oil prices
have been dropping since early 2014 due
to an oversaturated market and low
demand thereby padding the bottom lines
of airline
stocks as jet oil is a significant
portion of their expenses number eight
how safe is it to fly on a plane
statistics have shown that flying is by
far the safest mode of transportation as
compared to driving cycling taking the
train or even walking
Arnold Barnett an MIT statistics
professor determined that the chance of
dying as a passenger on a commercial
aircraft is one in 45 million flights in
terms of fatal accidents 2014 was the
safest in modern day aviation record
despite the large number of reported
fatalities furthermore aviation specific
deaths have been consistently decreasing
since the 1990s and considering there
are more planes in the sky than ever
before this record is even more
astonishing number 7 what was the
aviation industries track record in 2014
in terms of crashes 2014 saw the lowest
number of crashes in over 60 years with
a total of 111
that being said 2014 was also one of the
deadliest years as over 1,300 people
were killed in several of those plane
crashes this number was almost three
times the number of deaths in 2013
according to the bureau of aircraft
accidents archives number six what were
some of 2014’s most notable crashes 2014
saw several major airline plane crashes
on March 8 Malaysian Airlines flight 370
disappeared somewhere over the gulf of
thailand between kuala lumpur and
beijing the aircraft was tracked by
Malaysian military radar as it deviated
from its planned route until the signal
was lost at 222 Malaysian Standard Time
when the plane left range the
disappearance of the aircraft which was
carrying a total of 227 passengers and
12 crew members launched the most
expensive and vast search in aviation
history later on July 17th Malaysian
Airlines flight 17 was shot down on its
way from amsterdam to kuala lumpur as of
early 2015 the most likely
of the crash has been attributed to a
surface-to-air missile as part of the
ongoing war in Donbass the aircraft was
carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew
members when it was hit over donetsk
oblast ukraine and led to the death of
all aboard then near the end of the year
on December 28th Indonesia AirAsia
flight 8501 encountered bad weather and
crashed into the Java Sea while making
its way from Surabaya Indonesia to
Singapore the aircraft was carrying 155
passengers and 7 crew members all of
whom perished in the accident number 5
how hard was the Asian airline industry
hit in 2014 in 2014 a total of 3
Southeast Asian planes crashed with no
survivors two of which seemingly
vanished into thin air
following the crash of Malaysian MH 17
flight over Ukraine shares in Malaysian
Airlines dropped by over 15% on July 18
2014
furthermore on the late 2014 European
Union airline blacklist published less
than three weeks before the AirAsia
flight ninety two percent of Indonesian
Airlines have been banned from flying in
EU territory due to lacks safety
standards number four
what happened in the Germanwings flight
9525 crash on March 24th 2015
Germanwings flight 9525 crashed into the
French Alps and killed all 144
passengers and six crew members on board
Germanwings is a low-cost subsidiary of
German airline Lufthansa and flight 9525
was flying from Barcelona Spain to
Dusseldorf Germany when it began a
steady descent after reaching its
assigned cruising altitude German and
French prosecutors assigned the cause of
the plane crash to copilot andreas
Lubitz once the contents of both cockpit
voice recorders also known as black
boxes had been examined in the moments
leading to the crash it’s believed that
the pilot in command
captain Patrick Sondheim er was locked
out of the cockpit after returning from
a bathroom break and that he tried to
break down the door
furthermore on the recording one can
hear lubitz’s steady breathing and the
calls from air-traffic controllers right
before the impact and this has led
investigators to believe it was a
deliberate crash
we were told confidentially that there’s
nothing to see there the plane has been
a blue obliterated and all of the
passengers including our son there’s
almost nothing to be found additional
information from the second flight data
recorder showed that Lubitz deliberately
accelerated the speed of the plane as it
descended and that the speed warning
signal sounded twice and in both cases
were manually deactivated all this has
led investigators to believe that Lubitz
was conscious as the plane crashed and
that the cause of the crash was pilot
suicide although there was no suicide
note left behind number three who is
responsible for the Germanwings accident
as of early April 2015 investigators had
found the second flight data recorder
and had stopped searching for the bodies
of passengers as the investigation for
the victims would continue through DNA
strand analysis authorities quickly
delved into lubitz’s background and
found that he had hid an unspecified
existing illness from his employers
which was confirmed when they found a
discarded doctor’s note in his apartment
that labeled him unfit to work the day
of the crash it was further discovered
that Lubitz had a history of depression
and during his flight training he had
taken several months off in order to
deal with it according to the German
newspaper dish beagle there was a note
on lubitz’s medical certification that
if the symptoms of his depression were
to return his pilot license would have
to be terminated during a second search
of his home
investigators discovered prescription
pills that seemed to suggest he was
suffering from a quote psychosomatic
illness
number two have there been changes to
airline regulations in the wake of the
2015 Germanwings plane crash several
countries have taken it upon themselves
to modify their airline regulations more
specifically by requiring that at least
two members of authorized personnel be
in the cockpit at all times previously
following the September 11th attacks in
which four airplanes were hijacked by
the Islamic terrorist group al Qaeda the
American Transportation Security
Administration instituted a change
regarding the cockpit commercial
aircraft are now required to have
bulletproof and strengthened cockpit
doors with the intention of limiting
future attacks however in the case of
the Germanwings crash this may have
prevented captain Sandin himer
from re-entering the cabin after his
bathroom break
number one what does the future of the
airline industry look like since its
inception in 1909 the aviation industry
has continued to grow and evolve
requiring higher levels of security for
the passenger and the skies through
which its planes fly quick changes to
cockpit regulations have already been
enacted in the wake of the Germanwings
crash these changes are important but
have left many wondering if they’re
enough as others begin to question the
standards regarding the vetting and
psychological examination process given
to pilots discussions have already begun
that call into questions such issues as
whether or not doctor-patient
confidentiality should one day be
revoked in favor of passenger safety and
whether flying will remain a safer
alternative to driving despite the fact
that there appear to have been more and
more air disasters in recent times it
should be remembered that these have
been due to a variety of different
causes and air transportation remains an
extremely safe mode of transportation
did these facts surprise you to vote for
which new story is covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s published
every week
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