The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after 73 seconds into flames in flight on January 28, 1986 with one of the seven astronauts, a school teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard.…
For the Air France Flight 447 disaster, Stone et al. [17] described this problem and analyzed the results of this analysis. The analysis shows that all impact points are contained within a 20 nautical mile radius circle from the point at which the emergency situation began. The results of this analysis are represented by a second distribution which is circular normal with center at the last known position. One of the important advantages of circular normal distribution is that sensitive to shifts in the centering of the searching process.…
September 11th 2001. The plan to destroy symbols of American power began when 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijack 4 planes that were flying above the US. American Airlines Flight 11 was crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Centre, United Airlines Flight 175 was crashed into the south tower, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the US military headquarters in Washington D.C, the fourth plane crashed into a field near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In total, 2,996 people died, 200 fell or jumped, 247 died on planes and 55 were killed in Pentagon. This tragic event had major impacts in other countries, as well as New Zealand. These long and short term social, economic, political and military consequences changed New Zealand as a country. Its impacts can be still seen today.…
September,11,2001 there was a big tragedy that affected the whole United States. A group of 19 militants that are associated with Islamic terrorism from Saudi Arabia hijacked, and took control over four airplanes. Two planes were purposely crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. The hijackers had this all planned out on what they were going to do. After, the two planes headed towards the World Trade Center, the other two planes were headed towards the Pentagon and the White House, but these two planes luckily did not make it to their destinations they crashed in a Western Pennsylvanian field. The terrorists were Islamic ISIS, Saudi Arabia, and was not just these two groups of people the attack included seven more Arab nations. The…
1. Is current immigration policy seriously treated as a national security issue? How was it treated prior to 9/11?…
On October 14th 2004 Captain Jesse Rhodes and First Officer Peter Cesarz were transferring an empty CRJ 200 from Little Rock to Minneapolis. They ended up crashing 2.5 miles from the runway in Jefferson City, Missouri. Several Human Factors lead to the eventual crash and death of everyone on board.…
* Ray Griffin, D. (2006, 5). The 9/11 Truth Movement - 911truth.org. 9/11: The Myth and the Reality - 911truth.org. Retrieved March 1, 2013, from http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20060405112622982…
According to Longman Business Dictionary, Corporate Communication is the process of providing information about company for its employees, customers and the public. Therefore, constituencies can know what company is trying to achieve and have a positive image to the company. No matter the size of company or organization, they all invest in corporate communication initiatives to mold its image, communicate with internal and external stakeholders and sustain a long-term positive reputation.…
Bam! Crash! Boom! I remember hearing those sounds on September 11, 2001 when I was aboard United Flight 93. That day has impacted the rest of my life and the way I live now. I can recall those events like it was yesterday.…
Everyday tragedy occurs. Significant or not it affects some or all. For America 9/11 was the biggest tragedy to occur since Pearl Harbor, and has changed the course of our nation and for the future. 9/11 being the largest death poll on American soil since the civil war had a great impact on the country. It takes a great force to change the course of a powerful nation and 9/11 had that power to leave the country in shock and change the future for America. Learning about 9/11 brings respect to those who died and respect to the families to the families that have lost loved ones. The most tragic event in U.S history is deemed to be remembered. The story of 9/11 will be passed down in history forever.…
That's how long it's been since 227 passengers and 12 crew members boarded Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, destined for Beijing. A routine trip, it seemed, to catch up relatives in time for the weekend, start on a work assignment or just get away.…
What was the Roswell incident? There are many speculations as to what it really was. Some say UFO. Some people brush it off and don't really care. Then some people say it was just a weather balloon. There are many theories as to what it is. But which one is right?…
Do you believe U.S. military contracts with Boeing amount to subsidies? Have these types of payments provided with unfair advantages? Justify your answer.…
Hoover’s famous for household cleaning equipment such as vacuum cleaners, floor cleaners, washing machines and so on. They dominated the home cleaning market for years, but in the early 90’s people started buying from other new and modern brands, such as Dyson and Electrolux. In order not to lose clients in favor of their competitors, the company had to figure out a way in order to retain their customers. Famous for their promotional campaigns, Hoover came up with an idea in order to promote their products. It was year 1992 that will be remembered as the “Hoover free flights fiasco. “Buy any Hoover product worth 100 pounds and get 2 airline tickets FREE” was their marketing campaign which, somehow, seems quite unbelievable, right? Unfortunately, this turned out to be a major issue and a huge mistake that cost the company around 50 million pounds. Now, let’s see how things happened: at a price of minimum 100 pounds, people were able to purchase 2 free return flights to Europe (initially) and a household product-offer way to generous as it turned out to be. As a normal reaction, the demands started to overflow the capacity of the company, and while the travel agencies struggled to cope with the overwhelming response, Hoover decided again to launch a second promotion, but this time for America. At that point, the claims for vouchers simply boosted, leaving the company with an incapability to deliver its promises. The consequences were imminent, the company finding itself overwhelmed with the requests and the so the customers were given a reminder to send their applications, moment when things gone from bad to worse. Soon, complaints started to be filed against Hoover which was unable to deliver to all the 600,000 people expecting their vouchers, out of which 220.000 vouchers made it to USA, leaving the company with 380.000 disappointed people. The result was hundreds of customers taking the company to court up until 1998 and this mistake cost…
Executive Summary Many factors must be examined to find the underlying reason for the horrible disaster of the space shuttle Challenger. We will cover both the technical causes to the disaster and the communication breakdown with NASA. We will also look at the outside pressure that NASA was receiving from the media, congress and the military. Recommendations for NASA and anyone in the communication field will be given. These recommendations will help to avoid any further problems with communication in any organization. The O-rings failed to properly seal the gap in the joint seal. Failure of the Orings was the ultimate mechanical cause to the explosion of the Challenger. Communication breakdown between NASA employees and between NASA and MortonThiokol was also a major problem. The lack of communication ultimately caused the Challenger to explode. The decision to launch the Challenger on that cold morning in January was made on incomplete information. NASA’s management, and anyone else that knew of the many possible problems that could have happened, were the final causes of the disaster. Symbolic Mission On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger was to make a historic and symbolic journey into outer space. With seven crewmembers on board, the Challenger the highly anticipated launch captivated the attention of many Americans. Not only was the shuttle going into space, but it was also taking an average American with it, a school teacher. Christa McAuliffe was going to give school lessons to students from space. Her lessons were highly anticipated by schoolchildren everywhere. Children were anxious to learn from space, and adults everywhere were fascinated; it was likely to capture the mind of the nation. This mission was a symbol of safety. This mission crossed boundaries that had never been explored before; it was a pledge of hope for science. Christa McAuliffe was a regular everyday person. She was…