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Fernando, the doorman, placed the suitcases inside ... ... middle of paper ... ...ed that once there I was at the point of no return. The terminal completely dominated the view from my window. The engine's noise was minimal but the backing up movement could not be mistaken. While the airliner taxied I felt a void in my stomach; many sensations never experienced before manifested from my soul, the unpleasant sensation of loneliness combined with desolation and despair. Sadly the airliner turned ninety degrees at the end taxi lane toward the runway positioning the airliner prepared to take off.

We appeared to be the last ones out! The sirens were much louder out here. We heard helicopters flying by. Mark stated “Goin’ to the airport I suppose” I w... ... middle of paper ... ... into the cockpit, though safety first Mrs. Brown was hesitant, we had no choice. I took a seat in the cockpit and started the engine.

Goodbye everyone in Vietnam!” Tears poured out of my eyes like a tsunami as I spoke these simple, yet, difficult words. We all waved back and forth as we separated. My heart aches as my mind flashes back of all the memorable moments we had here in this wonderful country. Once everyone boarded back on the plane, I told myself that our vacation went by really fast. I stared out of the window as the airplane was slowly lifting off from the ground into the night sky.

I was so excited because I was flying on this monster plane. The whole time we were in flight I was watching out the window at the ground where there weren’t clouds below us. Not feeling like we had been on the plane for very long, we arrived in New York to catch our next flight. Once we arrived we went to the section of the airport where our plane is leaving.

We waited in line behind a long line of people and as I got closer to the detector I had to take out belongings and place them on the conveyor belt for security reasons. After all the security procedures were ove... ... middle of paper ... ... Seaworld. I enjoyed On the Final day we headed back to the airport and proceeded to board another plane. As I boarded the plane for a second time I wasn't scared anymore since I got over my fear of flying and not being scared of heights. I took my seat and the engines began to roar again, and a couple of minutes later we were in the air again heading back home.

When disaster struck it was sudden. Without warning flames gushed from within the Hindenburg's hull; thirty-two seconds later the airship lay on the ground, ravaged. Never had the sights and sounds of a disaster in progress been so graphically documented. Within a day, newspaper readers and theater audiences were confronted by fiery images of the Hindenburg. Radio listeners heard the emotional words of newsman Herb Morrison, sobbing into his recorder, "It's burning, bursting into flames, and it's falling on the mooring mast and all the folks.

Debris cut a swath about 250 yards wide and a quarter mile long. Firefighters worked into the night extinguishing scattered flames. Debris from the plane, including a 15-foot-long piece of the fuselage and a wheel assembly, was found scattered among the wrecked cars. j Dozens of vehicles were crumpled. Pilot reports balance problem The flight took off at 7:50 p.m. and the pilot immediately called back to the airfield's departure control and told them he had a severe problem with the balance of the aircraft, said Jim Whitehead, manager of the Federal Aviation Administration's regional operations center in Los Angeles.

The plane was scheduled to make a quick stop in Chicago, Illinois and then continue on to Philadelphia, PA. After an uneventful hour of flight a loud thump was heard, followed by a shaking of the aircraft. The flight crew observed the tail-mounted engine had failed. (SEE FIGURE 3) While performing an engine shutdown procedure, the crew noticed that they didn’t have any hydraulic pressure. They also noticed that the fluid level was at zero. The co-pilot tried to maneuver the airplane with no success.

American Airlines Flight 1420 American Airlines flight 1420 crashed in Little Rock, Arkansas. The crash killed 11 people, after running off the runway and impacting an approach lighting structure. The causes of the crash are still being investigated but the likely causes include the plane touching down 2000 feet passed the runway threshold, the rapidly deteriorating weather, and a fatigued flight crew. The American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying 143 passengers attempted a landing in fierce winds just shy of midnight on June 2, 1999. As the flight was en-route to Little Rock the Air Traffic Control (ATC) facility at the Little Rock Airport reported to the pilots that a thunderstorm had moved into the area with strong wind gusts.

Advice on an Incident Concerning Land Registration Cathy and Len decide to take their two friends and their four children on a holiday to Disneyland. Len is a qualified pilot so he says he will fly them all there in a private jet. When the time comes for take-off Len feels a little nervous so he and his friend Bill have a few drinks to calm Len down. Bill knows that Len, who is a doctor, can hold his drink and so is not worried about the effects the alcohol may have on his ability to fly the plane. They set off in thick fog but are given the ‘all-clear’ by Air Traffic Control.