All of the incoming flights were cancelled that night for a military aircraft training session. My orders were to close terminal A at the Buren International Airport in Augusta, Maine, and run a night shift until five in the morning. Terminal A was relatively big; several restaurants, shops, and gates were encompassed. Walls of crystal, glass window panes smudged with fingerprints lined the exterior wall, and with more sufficient lighting, one would be able to clearly make out discarded equipment and scattered cables on the neglected runway. But such lighting was not there, for all the lights had been put out for the military exercise. My flashlight beamed ahead as I cautiously patrolled the place. The minutes and minutes and dreadful hours and hours forced by in no particular hurry. All I had done so far that night was march up and down the squeaky, tile floor of the abandoned terminal. I had been told by other TSA agents earlier that day to be on the lookout for strange lights and unusual noises because there had been odd sightings there, but I had dismissed the warnings at that point because nothing had happened, and nothing was going to happen. I took a seat at one of the nearby benches. With no one monitoring me, I quickly dozed off into a deep sleep. …show more content…
Alarmed, I strained my eyes to make out a face in the cockpit. Perhaps it was too dark to see, but I could have sworn that a plane was pulling in with no pilots. I immediately grasped my flashlight tightly and approached the gate. It was open. How? I had checked every single gate and inspected the locks. The hatch of the plane began to open, and the gate would not close. I reached for my hand radio to find that I had left it on the bench. Anxious thoughts ran through my head as I desperately attempted to close the gate. I thought, “ I will be fired for sure. Who’s on the plane? What if I let something or someone into the
He slowly opened his eyes and saw that this wasn't the case. He sat up and looked around him. He was thinking that someone was making a fire. There were at least forty-five police officers and fireman standing around him, with their shotguns pointed at him. While looking around him he saw that the other people that he had been traveling with had already gotten away before the police and fireman had reached them. They heard them coming and left me and went for it. He had been worrying to much but if he hadn't then he would have heard them coming to and he might have been able to get
Finally, to my delight, the day had come when I would be flying my maiden flight for British Airways. This was the new & most sophisticated airline, the Boeing 777-300ER from London to New York. The journey would usually take 7 hours but the crew has to report for the flight preparation 2 hours prior to the flight. After all the final checks with the ground crew, we gave the green signal to invite the passengers on-board. Once we had all the passengers and their luggage loaded, we taxied to the runway. The weather was miserable in London this morning and there was an excessive amount of water on the runway. Once we a...
Walking into a building that was as tiny as a bug, my stomach started to feel uneasy. As I looked around at the security guards watching every move I made, I knew this would be the hardest goodbye. The uncomfortable chairs, silent tv, and unbearable smell of coffee were NOT helping either. As we approached my brother, he softly said to us, “I’ve been here since 5:30 and they said my flight won’t leave until 2:30, but I get TSA Precheck because I’m in the military.”
June 1st 1999, captain Richard Buschmann and first officer Michael Origel were about to embark on their third and final leg of the day after already working for ten hours on two other trip legs. They had arrived at Dallas/Fort Worth Texas around 2010 CST and were eager to proceed on their final trip of the day to Little Rock, Arkansas. Poor weather in the region prevented their assigned aircraft from arriving on time closely pushing them ever closer to their fourteen hour duty limits for the day. The first officer realizing their situation contacted the dispatchers to notify them they would need to find a substitute aircraft or the flight would need to be cancelled. Both pilots were well aware of the impending storms in the area, including around the destination airport, but they decided that they would be able to beat the storms there, one of the first signs of suffering from get-there-itis. Once an aircraft was substituted, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82, the pilots were able to depart at 2240, 2 hours and 12 minutes after their scheduled departure time, 12 hours into their 14 hour duty day.
I remember my first time at an aAirport, in about 2005. There was a very long wait to get through security, and I was impatient, as all other 6 year olds were. I remember asking my mom what was taking so long, and why there were so many people waiting to get on planes. She told me that everyone had to be checked by security in order to get on the plans. I didn’t understand that they had to check and make sure no one brought anything dangerous onto the plane. My mother told me that youwe didn’t always have to wait, and that you used to be able to go to the airport 30 minutes before the flight, and walk on without having to go through security. I thought that was a dream, and that she was crazy, but before the 9/11 attacks, the Transportation Security Administration did not exist, and you could walk onto a plane with whatever you wanted. The TSA was created because of the events of 9/11, and the incredibly through security screening that we have to go through now is one of the effects of the destruction on 9/11. The TSA has forced many technological advances that now keep our skies
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS #1 Executive Summary On December 8, 2005 at approximately 1915 Central Standard Time at Chicago Midway International airport, a Southwest Airlines flight a Boeing 737 flying as SWA 1248 with N471WN tail, ran off the departure end of the runway 31C at Chicago. The aircraft ran over the blast fence, exceeded the airport perimeter fence and stopped at a roadway adjacent to the airport after hitting an automobile in the roadway. This accident killed one child who was in the automobile, and injuring 3 other passengers in the automobile.
“Sure we will take three bags of peanuts” said my mom to the nice flight attendant. My family and I were on a tiny airplane when I was just a baby. As I have been told, I have always been very good on long trips. However something about this tiny plane did not settle well with me and a series of events happened. My family and I were flying to Yellowstone National Park for a family reunion. We were flying from New York City to Jackson Hole WY. As I said this was a tiny, boarder line old plane, so that meant that if I were to cry the whole plane could hear. Now this was not my first plane ride as a baby, however this was especially an unforgettable flight. As you can imagine that was a long flight for a baby. During the decent down to Jackson
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I am in the underbelly of a Boeing 777 about to take off. Tell the control tower to stop the plane. I am in the front cargo bay.” I hear a crackle, or maybe the sound of a wheel rolling over loose pebbles, but then I hear the best sound ever. Elvan’s voice was responding.
June 1st, 1999, captain Richard Buschmann and first officer Michael Origel were about to embark on their third and final leg of the day, after already working for ten hours on two other trip legs. They had arrived at Dallas/Fort Worth Texas around 20:10 CST and were eager to proceed on their final trip of the day to Little Rock, Arkansas. Poor weather in the region prevented their assigned aircraft from arriving on time, closely pushing them ever closer to their fourteen hour duty limits for the day. The first officer realizing their situation contacted the dispatchers to notify them they would need to find a substitute aircraft or the flight would need to be cancelled. Both pilots were well aware of the impending storms in the area, including around the destination airport, but they decided that they should be able to beat the storms there. This was one of the first signs of suffering from get-there-itis, along side of several hazardous attitudes. Once an aircraft was substituted, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82, the pilots were able to depart at 22:40, 2 hours and 12 minutes after their scheduled departure time, 12 hours into their 14 hour duty day.
My heart was pounding as I boarded my flight leaving the Bangkok International Airport. A flight attendant in a grey dress with a red bow draped over her shoulder announced; “Welcome aboard flight AA350 to the United States.” My journey began that day.
private plane lands on the air strip next to the house. I get out of the plane
“Flight 208 to Los Angeles is now boarding. Section N you may now take your seats”. You looked down at your carry-on bag to make sure you have everything packed up, even though you took nothing out, and headed toward the flight attendant and handed her your ticket. As your walking through the tunnel, the sound of the planes jets put just enough pressure on your body, causing your pulse to increase. “Why are you nervous, you been on planes before”, you ask yourself. You shake your head and start to inhale and before you could finish getting your lungs to the maximum capacity they could hold, a man wearing a white shirt twice his size and jeans that also seemed