Air New Zealand Flight 901 And Polar Whiteout

Author : Mila Zinkova
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783668899827

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Air New Zealand Flight 901 and Polar Whiteout by Mila Zinkova Pdf

Scientific Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Regional Geography, grade: 10.0, , language: English, abstract: On 28 November 1979 on a sightseeing flight to Antarctica, the Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed on the slopes of Mount Erebus. All 237 passengers and 20 crewmembers perished on the impact. Two investigations that followed both agreed that due to the Polar Whiteout the crewmembers of Flight 901 had not seen the mountain. This article offers a discussion on whiteouts in general and in regards to the accident. It explores other phenomena that could have led to the tragedy, namely spatial disorientation illusions.

Author : Michael Guy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Nature
ISBN : IND:39000008462199

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White Out! by Michael Guy Pdf

"Why did Flight 901 disregard minimum safety altitudes? Why did Flight 901 change course without alerting Antarctic Air Traffic Control? Why was Flight 901 not told that their computerised flight path had been changed? Why was Flight 901 not fully aware of the danger of white-out?" -- Back cover.

Author : Peter Mahon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : PSU:000010954546

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Verdict on Erebus by Peter Mahon Pdf

"On 28 November 1979 a DC10 passenger jet airliner owned by Air New Zealand, carrying out a tourist flight from New Zealand to Antarctica and back, flew in broad daylight into the lower slopes of Mount Erebus in Antarctica. There were no survivors of the crash and 257 people lost their lives. The New Zealand Government appointed me to be a Royal Commissioner of Inquiry to investigate the disaster and to report to the Government my opinion to the cause ... The aircraft was navigated by the inertial navigation system which has for many years dispensed with the need for human navigators on commercial flights ... The INS on this DC10 was found to have been operating accurately during the flight, so the aircrew had always known where they were. But following the disaster there were many senior pilots in Air New Zealand who suspected that the standard flight track to Antarctica had not been the flight track which had been typed into the aircraft computer on the morning of the flight. They believed that the standard flight track had been changed without the knowledge of the crew. As things turned out the theory proved to be correct ..."--Peter Mahon, Foreword.

Author : Robert E. Allinson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402029806

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Saving Human Lives by Robert E. Allinson Pdf

This is a pioneering work. Recent disasters such as the tsunami disaster continue to demonstrate Professor Allinson’s thesis that valuing human lives is the core of ethical management. His unique comparison of the ideas of the power of Fate and High Technology, his penetrating analysis of the very concept of an "accident", demonstrate how concepts rule our lives. His wide-ranging investigation of court cases and government documents from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, and from places as diverse as the USA, UK and New Zealand provide ample supporting evidence for the universality and the power of explanation of his thesis. Saving Human Lives will have an impact beyond measurement on the field of management ethics.

Author : Brent Fisse,John Braithwaite
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0873957334

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The Impact of Publicity on Corporate Offenders by Brent Fisse,John Braithwaite Pdf

Uncertainty surrounds the use of publicity as a means of controlling corporate crime. On the one hand, some agree with Justice Brandeis’s dictum that light is “the best of disinfectants...the most efficient policeman.” On the other hand, many believe that corporations’ internal affairs are effectively shrouded with a thick fog that prevents the light of public scrutiny from reaching them. The Impact of Publicity on Corporate Offenders is the first study to go beyond the rhetoric, through an examination of corporate experience. Fisse and Braithwaite have carried out a qualitative inquiry concerning 17 large corporations involved in publicity crises. Based mainly on interviews, the inquiry includes company employees and former employees, union officials, officers of government regulatory agencies, competitors, independent accountants, government prosecutors, public interest activists, judicial officers, stockbrokers, and other experts.

Author : Jack Lewis
Publisher : Masterlab
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9788379912117

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Worst Plane Crashes In History by Jack Lewis Pdf

According to the CVR, the Pan Am pilot said, "There he is!" when he spotted the KLM's landing lights through the fog just as his plane approached exit C-4. When it became clear that the KLM was approaching at takeoff speed, Grubbs exclaimed, "Goddamn, that son-of-a-bitch is coming straight at us!" while the co-pilot Robert Bragg yelled, "Get off! Get off! Get off!". The Pan Am crew applied full power to the throttles and took a sharp left turn towards the grass in an attempt to avoid a collision. By the time the KLM pilots saw the Pan Am, they were already traveling too fast to stop. The KLM was within 100 m (330 ft) of the Pan Am when it left the ground. Its nose gear cleared the Pan Am, but the engines, lower fuselage and main landing gear struck the upper right side of the Pan Am's fuselage at approximately 140 knots (260 km/h; 160 mph), ripping apart the center of the Pan Am jet almost directly above the wing. The right side engines crashed through the Pan Am's upper deck immediately behind the cockpit... Keywords: plane, airplane, airline, crash, disaster, accident, tragedy

Author : Keith Blacker,Patrick McConnell
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749471361

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People Risk Management by Keith Blacker,Patrick McConnell Pdf

People Risk Management provides unique depth to a topic that has garnered intense interest in recent years. Based on the latest thinking in corporate governance, behavioural economics, human resources and operational risk, people risk can be defined as the risk that people do not follow the organization's procedures, practices and/or rules, thus deviating from expected behaviour in a way that could damage the business's performance and reputation. From fraud to bad business decisions, illegal activity to lax corporate governance, people risk - often called conduct risk - presents a growing challenge in today's complex, dispersed business organizations. Framed by corporate events and challenges and including case studies from the LIBOR rate scandal, the BP oil spill, Lehman Brothers, Royal Bank of Scotland and Enron, People Risk Management provides best-practice guidance to managing risks associated with the behaviour of both employees and those outside a company. It offers practical tools, real-world examples, solutions and insights into how to implement an effective people risk management framework within an organization.

Author : Paul Holmes
Publisher : Hodder Moa
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781869712631

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Daughters of Erebus by Paul Holmes Pdf

How 287 people died in the air crash on Mt Erebus. What caused the crash and who covered it up

Author : Gordon Vette,John Macdonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Aircraft accidents
ISBN : 0340320109

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Impact Erebus by Gordon Vette,John Macdonald Pdf

Author : David O'Hare,Stanley Nelson Roscoe
Publisher : Iowa State Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015016971684

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Flightdeck Performance by David O'Hare,Stanley Nelson Roscoe Pdf

En gennemgang af kontrovercielle og vigtige forhold i f.m. klargøring og gennemførelse af flyvningen i moderne luftfartøjer, herunder samarbejdet i cockpit ved godt airmanship og korrekt udnyttelse af hjælpemidler til rådighed.

Author : Günter G. Endres
Publisher : Airlife's Airliners
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028998818

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10 by Günter G. Endres Pdf

The DC-10 tri-jet began as an idea 30 years ago and is now in frontline service with some of the world's largest airlines. This volume follows the aircraft's wide-body development and service history. A technical profile describes the airframe, engine and systems for each variant.

Author : Susan Butterworth
Publisher : Otago University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : NYPL:33433069461576

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More Than Law and Order by Susan Butterworth Pdf

New Zealand police had a challenging task in the second half of the twentieth century. Society was changing rapidly, with growing urbanization, increasing multi-culturalism, and changes in gender roles, as well as a growth in crime and rising public dissent. Keeping the peace required flexibility and good organization. Immediately after the World War II, the police were in a sorry state. They were short on resources and antiquated in their systems. As a result, the period covered by this book saw major change and modernization. The author explores the ways in which the police have overhauled their management structure repeatedly since the 1940s and shows how they have often struggled to position themselves within the modern public sector.

Author : Ken Hickson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Aircraft accidents
ISBN : 0723306419

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Flight 901 to Erebus by Ken Hickson Pdf

Beretter detaljeret om havariundersøgelsen efter den flyulykke, der fandt sted den 28. november 1979, hvor en DC-10 fra Air New Zealand forulykkede på Antarktis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Constitutional law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061242645

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German Yearbook of International Law by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marc Dominick
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783638423588

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Air New Zealand. Strategic Analysis and Recommendations by Marc Dominick Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2,0, UNITEC New Zealand, course: Strategy & Change, 27 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Since the appointment of RALPH NORRIS as Managing Director and CEO of Air New Zealand in February 2002 Air NZ has been working on its new strategic direction. Structural changes in the marketplace made a new direction indispensable and Air NZ is now turning away from inflexible service offerings to align its route and service standards to customer needs. In fact, Air NZ is developing from a full service airline into the direction of a “value-based-plus” airline (Airline to put profit on menu, 2002) which involves lower fares and more customers. Reduced revenues (per customer) should be offset by lower operating costs mainly achieved by simplification of product bundles and services. (UBS Warburg Conference, 2003, p.11 ; Airline to put profit on menu, 2002) This essay gives an overview of Air NZ strategic direction. It analysis its strengths and weaknesses (SWOT). Moreover a recommendation for a new strategy is worked out and strategy implementation issues discussed.