The annual summary of significant fatal airline events from AirSafe.com. Hosted by Dr. Todd Curtis of the AirSafe.com Foundation,this editon of The Conversation at AirSafe.com has a brief overview of events in 2006 that involved passenger fatalities, as well as other significant airline safety and security events.
Created 25 January 2008. This is an update to a previous podcast about this event and includes information from the second update from the AAIB's interim report of 23 January 2008. For more AirSafe.com podcasts, visit http://podcast.airsa fe.org. For airline safety and security information, visit AirSafe.com at http://www.airsafe.c om.
This is an update to a previous podcast about the 17 January 2008 crash of a British Airways 777 in London. For more AirSafe.com podcasts, visit http://podcast.airsa fe.org.
An overview of the crash of an Air France A340 in Toronto, Canada on 2 August 2005. Based on the accident report of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, this video features a digital reconstruction of the accident, an introduction to key evacuation issues, and practical advice for passengers for enhancing the chance of surviving an accident (Part 1 of 2).
Dr. Todd Curtis discusses the fatal event involving a Spanair MD82 which crashed in Madrid, Spain on 20 August 2008 shortly after taking off on a scheduled domestic flight to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. There were 162 passengers and 10 crew members on board, and 153 of the 172 occupants were killed.
Dr. Todd Curtis of the AirSafe.com Foundation reviews a possible turbulence event that injured several passengers and crew members. For more AirSafe.com podcasts, visit http://podcast.airsa fe.org. For airline safety and security information, visit AirSafe.com at http://www.airsafe.c om.
This video has an overview of a crash involving an Air France A340 in Toronto, Canada on 2 August 2005, including a digital recreation of the accident. Also discussed are evacuation issues brought up by this event, and advice for passengers that may help them survive a crash.
Dr. Todd Curtis of the AirSafe.com Foundation reviews the six basic types of aircraft crash positions that passengers and cabin crew may face in flight. Podcast created 10 December 2007. For more podcast information, visit podcast.airsafe.org. For more information about aviation safety and security, visit AirSafe.com.
Dr. Todd Curtis of the AirSafe.com Foundation reviews the eight fatal airline events of 2007, and also looks at fatal event trends over the last decade.
In this clip from an episode of the Discovery Channel show Survive This!, airline safety expert Dr. Todd Curtis explains some of the factors that led to a dramatic, but safe end of the flight. For links to other AirSafe.com podcasts, visit http://podcast.airsa ef.org.
Overview of the domestic Atlasjet crash in Turkey on 30 November 2007 that killed all seven crew and 49 passengers. Podcast created 30 November 2007. For more podcast information, visit podcast.airsafe.org. For more information about aviation safety and security, visit AirSafe.com.
This is the fourth update from AirSafe.com on the ongoing investigation into the accident at London's Heathrow Airport involving a British Airways 777. This update is based on information released by the AAIB on 11 May 2008, and focuses on analyses of the fuel system. Additional shows on this accident investigation are available at http://777.airsafe.o rg
Dr. Todd Curtis discusses the fatal event involving an Aeroflot-Nord 737-500 near Perm, Russia. There were 82 passengers and six crew on the aircraft. All 88 passengers and crew were killed, including six children and one infant. For more information about this crash, visit http://russia.airsaf e.org. For more AirSafe.com podcasts visit http://podcast.airsa fe.org
Dr. Todd Curtis of the AirSafe.com Foundation updates the status of two airline accidents that occurred in the first week of January 2008, and requests that members of the audience provide submit details about a 2 January 2008 takeoff accident in Tehran, Iran.
The aircraft was on a scheduled international flight from San Salvador, El Salvador, to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The aircraft landed, overran the runway, went down an embankment, and struck several vehicles. One of the six crew members and two of the 118 passengers were killed. Two people outside the aircraft were also killed.
When hurricanes or tropical storms threaten the Gulf or Atlantic coastal areas of the US, passengers across the country may be affected. Dr. Todd Curtis of AirSafe.com reviews some of the steps that passengers should take if hurricane or tropical storm approaches.
Additional information about this accident is available at http://www.airsafe.c om/podcasts/show51a. htm. Other AirSafe.com podcasts are at http://podcast.airsa fe.org.
