| Aircraft Accident Report: Crash During Landing Contributor(s): Safety Board, National Transportation (Author) |
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ISBN: 1514673088 ISBN-13: 9781514673089 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - History |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.81 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This report explains the accident involving Federal Express flight 14, an MD-11, which crashed while landing on runway 22R at Newark International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, on July 31, 1997. Safety issues discussed in this report focus on landing techniques, bounced landing recovery, and training tools and policies that promote proactive decision-making to go around if an approach is unstabilized. Safety issues also include the use of on board computers to determine the required runway length for landing, MD-11 handling characteristics and structural integrity requirements, hard landing inspection requirements, and tracking hazardous materials. |