The Last Four Minutes of Air France Flight 447

And why would they have to reset the computer? Shouldn’t the pilots simply increase air speed as soon as it is reducing? Were they all asleep or something?

The G-loads probably prevented them from reaching CTRL-ALT-DEL at the same time.

I thought they were equipped with several alternate differential pressure static tubes? And why would the pilots wait 3 minutes to try to restart the computer after losing nearly 25,000 feet?

I really have no faith in this scenario.

Mehtinks this is a “restore the faith” PR fantasy.

The article stated it went into a dive if I'm not mistaken. Only someone with limited mental abilities didn't know they were going down. They were probably hoping and a praying that the pilot would pull it up but after a little while...they knew...

You believe everything you read?

Can any pilots here chime in on using GPS to supplement data from the more traditional instruments like pitot tubes?

Not a pilot, but you need to know airspeed, not groundspeed.

I was just thinking AS and GS would always be within a close ratio to each other, providing enough rudimentary data to at least avoid a stall or overspeed.

In the case of Areoperu, most or all of the static ports and pitot tubes were left masked off from previous cleaning work and missed during inspection. Even with the GPWS, I don’t think it would have helped because they didn’t know which instruments to trust and were getting hammered with warnings. ATC knew their correct heading, but they were also receiving and reporting back incorrect altitude data from the transponder. The pilots focused on trying to figure out the airspeed issues including overspeed warnings that didn’t agree with either of the pilot’s airspeed indicators...which didn’t agree with each other. I think investigators ended up determining the FO’s IAS was correct, but the pilots couldn’t know that at the time.

Here is a URL to the first part of a documentary on the crash. You can easily find the last 4 parts at the users YouTube page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbI-ZfOuuRY

“Based on my very limited aviation experience, there’s not a huge difference between GS and AS”

Really? I have flown at 100 kts and zero ground speed. You forgot the wind factor, and they were in a storm. Regardless, the pilots made several errors, deadly ones. Add to that, this is a textbook case of poor aircraft systems design, pure and simple.

A death cocktail served ice cold, at 35,00 feet.

Not a pilot, but you need to know airspeed, not groundspeed.

Maybe the more specific question is if any pilots would benefit from groundspeed data if airspeed data was not available or correct.

But in the case of a jet, wouldn't 300 kts GS via GPS be somewhat useful allowing you to assume you are 200-400 kts AS max? Again, providing you have no IAS.

I would think so. But then, I only fly light aircraft. I was just making a point.

Personally, I think this story is a coverup. Too many of their “facts” just don’t support the other “facts”.

I’ve always contended that EADS/Airbus products are a disaster waiting to happen. History is proving me correct.

Airbus makes me think of the philosophy that the cockpit of the future should only have one pilot and one dog. The pilot is there to feed the dog and the dog is there to bite the pilot if he touches any of the controls.

BFL.

The main gist I got from the article is that above 30,000’ the pitot tubes and their anti-ice capabilities may get overwhelmed under certain circumstances. And this lead to the auto-pilots shutting down for lack of data.

And that combined with that the airplane was flying up in ‘the coffin corner’ of the flight envelope leaves little room for any error.

Well yeah....exactly. That’s exactly what “pitot heat” is for. It’s nothing new; it’s been around for decades. It keeps pitot tubes heated (I mean REALLY hot) for exactly this reason.

I’m just sayin’....I haven’t seen one single word about that, and I don’t think for a second that there are such sensors in the johns on an aircraft. After 1800 hours in heavies, I’d be hard pressed to believe that one.

No, I’ve read the analyses of what happened. I think they have it figured out pretty well. This wasn’t terrorism.

What? No CIA animations?

Earlier in my career, I spent nearly 10 years as an engineer investigating accidents and failures for my company and their lawyers. What I found was that most accidents and failures are exactly like what was laid out in this article. A series of decisions or minor failures that individually, would not have made any difference, but when added together, lead to a larger disaster.

What was in the article makes a lot more sense than a being a terrorist act that no terrorist organization has claimed as their own. I hear the same things about the flight off of Long Island, and just cannot understand why any terrorist organization would go through the trouble of carrying off such a thing without bothering to tell the world to fear them.

So, no, I don’t believe everything I read. Only those things that make some sense and silent terrorist organizations don’t make any sense.

That is what I read. The cascade of failures started with some problem in the john and things went downhill from there. Why? I don’t know.

Really?

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2008

January 2 - British Airways Flight 38 – Asian Spirit Flight 321, an NAMC YS-11, overruns the runway while landing in Masbate City, Philippines, all 47 on board survived.

January 4 – A Transaven Let L-410 Turbolet crashes near the Los Roques archipelago off Venezuela killing all 14 on board.

January 10 – Air Canada Flight 190, an Airbus A319 experiences severe turbulence over the Canadian Rocky Mountains, injuring ten (six seriously) of the 88 on board, and is forced to divert and make an emergency landing at Calgary International Airport.

January 17 – British Airways Flight 38 a Boeing 777 lands short of the runway at London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. Nine of the 152 people on board are treated for minor injuries, but there are no fatalities.

February 8 – Eagle Airways Flight 2279, a BAe Jetstream 32 is hijacked ten minutes after taking off from Blenheim, New Zealand by a passenger who attacked both pilots. The hijacker is eventually restrained by the co-pilot and the flight lands safely at Christchurch. All nine on board survive the incident.

February 14 – Belavia Flight 1834, a Bombardier CRJ200, hits its left wing on the runway while taking off from Yerevan, Armenia. All 21 on board escape the aircraft before it erupts into flames.

February 21 – Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518, an ATR 42-300, crashes shortly after taking off from Mérida, Venezuela killing all 46 on board.

April 3 – An Antonov An-28 operated by Blue Wing Airlines crashes near Benzdorp in Suriname. All nineteen on board are killed.

April 11 – A Sudanese airline Antonov An-32 crashes returning shortly after taking off from Chişinău International Airport, Moldova for Turkey. All eight on board are killed.

April 15 – A Douglas DC-9 operated by Hewa Bora Airways crashes into a market near Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people, including three passengers.

May 25 – A Kalitta Air Boeing 747 cargo crashes at Brussels Airport and snaps in two, but without serious injury.

May 30 – TACA Airlines Flight 390, an Airbus A320 overruns the runway at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras killing seven.

Dec 20 - At least 58 people were injured in the a plane crash in Denver which firemen compared to a scene from a disaster film. The Continental Airlines Boeing 737 went off the runway during takeoff from Denver International Airport in Colorado, plunging into a ravine and shearing off its landing gear and left engine. The entire right side of the plane was burned, and melted plastic from overhead compartments dripped onto the seats. Investigators said the plane's left engine was ripped away along with all the landing gear.

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2007

January 1 – Adam Air Flight 574, a Boeing 737 with 102 people on board, crashes into the ocean off the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, killing all on board.

January 9 – An AerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crashes near Balad, Iraq, killing 34 of the 35 people on board. The official cause of the crash is poor weather conditions, but other sources claim that the plane was shot down by a missile.

January 24 – Air West Flight 612, a Boeing 737 with 103 people on board, is hijacked over Sudan shortly after taking off from Khartoum, but lands safely in N'Djamena, Chad.

February 15 – An Air Mauritanie Boeing 737 is hijacked after taking off from Nouakchott, Mauritania, but lands safely in Las Palmas, Spain without any serious injuries among the 79 people on board.

February 18 – A Shuttle America Embraer ERJ-170 jet, operating as Delta Connection flight 6448, was substantially damaged when it overran the end of a snow covered runway while landing at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio. The airplane contacted the localizer antenna and a fence prior to coming to rest approximately 150 feet off the end of the runway. The captain, first officer, 2 flight attendants, and 70 passengers were not injured.

February 21 – Adam Air Flight 172, a Boeing 737, suffers structural damage while landing near Surabaya, Indonesia. None of the 149 peo

ple on board were seriously injured. March 7 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737, overshoots the runway and crashes while landing at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 22 of the 140 people on board.

March 17 – UTair Flight 471, a Tupolev Tu-134, suffers severe structural damage while landing in Samara, Russia, killing six of the 63 people on board.

March 23 – A TransAVIAexport Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 crashes in Mogadishu, Somalia killing all 11 on board; the plane, which crashes during the Battle of Mogadishu, is thought to have been shot down.

March 30 – A Sudan Airways flight with 284 people on board is hijacked but lands safely in Khartoum, Sudan.

May 5 – Kenya Airways Flight 507, a Boeing 737 with 114 people on board, crashes near Douala, Cameroon killing everyone on board.

June 3 – A Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Lungi, Sierra Leone killing all 22 people on board.

June 21 – A Free Airlines Let-410UVP crashes shortly after takeoff from Kamina Town, Democratic Republic of Congo due to severe overloading, killing 1 and injuring 4 of the 21 people on board.

June 25 – PMTair Flight 241, an Antonov An-24, crashes in southwestern Cambodia killing all 22 on board.

June 28 – A TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737, D2-TBP, with 78 people on board, loses control while landing and crashes in M'banza-Kongo, Angola, killing at least six people on board and injuring an unknown number of others.

The wreckage of TAM Airlines Flight 3054 July 17 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, in São Paulo, Brazil killing all 187 people on board and 12 on the ground.

July 27 – Two news helicopters, both Eurocopter Ecureuils, one from KNXV-TV and one KTVK collide in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States, while covering a car chase. All on both helicopters, two from each, were killed.

August 9 – An Air Moorea de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia killing all 20 on board.

August 20 – China Airlines Flight 120, a Boeing 737, bursts into flames after landing at Naha, Japan. None of the 165 passengers were seriously injured. Scandinavian Airlines 2007 Dash 8 landing gear incidents:

September 9 – Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209, a de Havilland Canada Dash 8, experiences a landing gear failure in Aalborg, Denmark. None of the 73 people on board were seriously injured, but three days later, after a similar incident, the airline grounds the type.

September 12 – Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2748, a de Havilland Canada Dash 8, experiences a landing gear failure in Vilnius, Lithuania. None of the 52 people on board were injured, but due to a similar incident three days prior, all their Dash 8s are grounded.

October 27 – Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2867, a de Havilland Canada Dash 8, experiences a landing gear failure in Copenhagen, Denmark. None of the 44 people on board were injured, but due to similar incidents in September, the airline "permanently" removes its Dash 8s from service. Cause is eventually ascribed to maintenance error.

September 16 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying 130 people, crashes and bursts into flames after attempting to land in Phuket, Thailand during poor weather conditions killing 90 people.

October 4 – An Africa One Antonov An-26 crashes into a residential area Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, shortly after taking off. At least 50 people are killed, most of whom were on the ground.

November 30 – Atlasjet Flight 4203, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, crashes into a mountain near Isparta, Turkey killing all 57 on board.

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2006

May 3 – Armavia Flight 967, an Airbus A320, crashes into the Black Sea near the Russian city of Sochi, killing all 113 on board.

July 9 – S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310, crashes into a concrete barricade and catches fire on landing in Irkutsk, Russia. Of the 203 people on board, 128 are killed.

July 10 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688, a Fokker F27, crashes into a wheat field near Multan, Pakistan ten minutes after taking off, killing all 41 passengers and 4 crew members on board.

August 22 – Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes near Donetsk, Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.

August 27 – Comair Flight 5191, a CRJ-100, crashes during takeoff near Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board.

September 1 – An Iran Air Tours Tu-154 carrying 148 people crashes while attempting to land in Mashad, Iran killing 28 people.

September 29 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a Boeing 737, collides with an Embraer Legacy business jet and crashes in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Embraer Legacy, with seven on board, lands safely with no reported injuries. All 154 people on board the Boeing 737 perish.

October 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1476, a Boeing 737, is hijacked over Greece. The plane lands in Brindisi, Italy. None of the 113 people on board are hurt.

October 10 – Atlantic Airways Flight 670, a BAe 146, slides off the runway at Stord, Norway, killing four of the 16 people on board.

October 29 – ADC Airlines Flight 53, a Boeing 737, crashes near Abuja, Nigeria, killing 97 of the 104 people on board.

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2005 The burnt-out wreckage of Flight 358 at Toronto Pearson International AirportFebruary 3 – Kam Air Flight 904, a Boeing 737, crashes in a snowstorm in Afghanistan. All 96 passengers and eight crew members die.

May 3 – Airwork Flight 23, a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner crashes in Taranaki, New Zealand killing both crew members.

June 9 – US Airways Flight 1170 and Aer Lingus Flight 132 almost collide on a runway at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. None of the 381 people on either planes are harmed.

August 2 – Air France Flight 358, an Airbus A340, skids off a runway in Toronto, Ontario, while landing and catches fire; all 309 on board escape without fatalities or serious injuries, but the aircraft is completely destroyed by the fire.

August 10 – A Copterline Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashes off Tallinn, Estonia killing all 14 on board.

August 14 – Helios Airways Flight 522, a Boeing 737, crashes near Kalamos, Greece with 115 passengers and 6 crew members on board; there are no survivors. August 16 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, an MD-82, crashes in western Venezuela. All on board, 152 passengers and 8 crew members, die.

August 23 – TANS Peru Flight 204, a Boeing 737, crashes near Pucallpa, Peru. Forty of the 92 passengers on board, as well as four of the six crew members, perish.

September 5 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091, a Boeing 737, crashes in Medan, Indonesia, killing 103 of the 111 passengers and all 5 crew members on the plane and an additional 47 people on the ground.

JetBlue Airways Flight 292 upon landing in Los Angeles September 21 – JetBlue Airways Flight 292, an Airbus A320, makes an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California in the United States. There are no injuries to the 139 passengers and six crew members.

October 22 – Bellview Airlines Flight 210, a Boeing 737, crashes in central Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.

December 7 – A passenger disembarking American Airlines Flight 924, a Boeing 757, in Miami, Florida is shot and killed by an air marshal when the marshal believes that he hears the man say that he has a bomb.

December 8 – Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, a Boeing 737, slides off the runway during landing at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois in heavy snow. None of the people on board are injured, but the plane hits two automobiles on the ground, killing a six-year-old boy.

December 10 – Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145, a DC-9 with 110 people on board, crashes during landing in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 107 people die.

December 19 – Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101, a Grumman Mallard, crashes off the coast of Miami Beach, Florida, killing all 20 on board.

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2004

January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 604, a Boeing 737, crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 135 passengers and 13 crew members.

May 9 – American Eagle Flight 5401 is damaged by high winds during landing in San Juan, Puerto Rico, injuring 13 people.

August 13 – Air Tahoma Flight 185, a Convair 580, crashes near Covington, Kentucky while descending to land, killing the first officer.

August 24 – Russian aircraft bombings of August 2004: Siberia Airlines Flight 1047, a Tupolev Tu-154, explodes in mid-air while flying over Rostov Oblast, Russia killing all 38 passengers and 8 crew members on board.

Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303, a Tupolev Tu-134, explodes in mid-air while flying over Tula Oblast, Russia killing all 34 passengers and 9 crew members on board.

October 19 – Corporate Airlines Flight 5966, a Handley Page Jetstream, crashes near Kirksville, Missouri in the United States; 13 of the 15 people on board die.

November 21 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210, a Bombardier CRJ-200LR, stalls and crashes near Baotou, China shortly after takeoff due to frost contamination; all 53 on board and two people on the ground are killed.

November 30 – Lion Air Flight 538, a DC-9, crash-lands in Solo City, Indonesia, killing 25 of the 154 people on board.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 03/06/2003 Location: Tamanrasset, Algeria Airline: Air Algerie Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: 7T-VEZ Fatalities/No. Aboard: 102:103 Details: The starboard engine caught fire and failed while the plane was attempting to take off. The aircraft continued about 2,000 ft. past the end of the runway and crashed.

Date: 07/04/2002 Location: Bangui, Central African Republic Airline: Prestige Airlines (Cargo) Aircraft: Boeing 707-100B Registration: 9XR-IS Fatalities/No. Aboard: 25:27 Details: The aircraft crashed 2 miles short of the runway into the Guitangola neighborhood of Bangui. The plane was bound for Brazzaville but diverted to Bangui because of mechanical problems. Two survived but succumbed to their injuries.

Date: 07/01/2002 Location: Uberlingen, Germany Airline: Bashkirian Airlines / DHL Worldwide Express Aircraft: Tupolev TU-154M / Boeing 757-200APF Registration: RA85816 / A9C-DHL Fatalities/No. Aboard: 71:71 Details: The airliner and cargo plane collided over southern Germany at 35,400 ft. Debris was spread across a 20 mile radius. Fifty-two children on a beach holiday were among the 69 aboard the Tupolev. The Tupolev pilot received contradictory instructions. The collision avoidance warning system (TCAS) told the pilot to ascend followed by an order from the Swiss air traffic controller to descend one second later. The Russian plane did not immediately respond to the tower's order to descend, so it repeated the command 14 seconds later. Thirty seconds later the two planes collided. The Swiss air traffic controller that guided the planes had no way of knowing the Russian pilot was receiving contradictory instruction from his cockpit TCAS unless told so by the pilot. Russian aviation officials said the pilot correctly gave precedence to the control tower, but Western aviation experts said pilots are trained to give precedence to the cockpit warning.

Date: 05/25/2002 Location: Penghu Island, Taiwan Airline: China Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 747-200 Registration: B-18255 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 225:225 Details: The flight crashed into the sea, 31 miles NE of the Penghu (Pescadore) Islands in the strait of Taiwan. The plane disappeared from radar approximately 50 minutes after taking off from Chiang Kai Shek Airport. The aircraft was flying at 35,000 feet, there was no distress call and the weather was good. Wreckage was found on farmland, 47 miles from the crash site suggesting the aircraft broke-up in midair.

Date: 05/07/2002 Location: Tunis, Tunisia Airline: EgyptAir Aircraft: Boeing 737-500 Registration: SU-GBI Fatalities/No. Aboard: 15:62 Details: The jet airliner crashed into a hillside, 4 miles from the Tunis-Carthage airport, as the pilot attempted to make a landing. The plane's landing gear had failed to open during the approach into Tunis-Carthage airport and the pilot had made another circuit before attempting a fresh landing when the plane crashed in heavy rain and high winds.

Date: 04/15/2002 Location: Busan, South Korea Airline: Air China Aircraft: Boeing 767-200ER Registration: B-2552 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 128:166 Details: The aircraft crashed onto a mountain, in fog, wind and rain while attempting to land at Kimhae Airport. A strong southerly wind required the aircraft to make a turn and approach the runway from the north. The aircraft crashed near the peak of Mt. Mulbong, approximately 3 mile north of the runway. The plane bounced three times before hitting the ground and exploding. More than 1,000 trees were uprooted by the impact. Preliminary indications are that the pilot was off course when he made his final turn to land. First Air China fatal accident.

Date: 01/28/2002 Location: Ipiales, Colombia Airline: TAME Aircraft: Boeing 727-100 Registration: HC-BLF Fatalities/No. Aboard: 92:92 Details: The airliner crashed into the fogbound 15,721 ft. Nevado de Cumbal volcano, in the Andes mountains, near the Ecuador / Colombian border. Air traffic control lost contact with the plane as it circled into Colombian territory to maneuver around snow capped mountain peaks and return to the Ecuadorian border city of Tulcán.

Date: 01/16/2002 Location: Solo, Indonesia Airline: Garuda Indonesia Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-300 Registration: PK-GWA Fatalities/No. Aboard: 1:60 Details: The aircraft suffered a flame out of both engines in torrential rains while on approach to Yogyakarta. The crew made an emergency landing in the Bengawan Solo River, in shallow water. The plane circled several times before diving in a steep course towards the river. The plane's left wing struck a river bank before it plunged into the water. A flight attendant drowned in the shallow water when she jumped from the plane.

Date: 09/11/2001 Location: New York City, New York Airline: American Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 767-200ER Registration: N334AA Fatalities/No. Aboard: 92:92 +1000s? Details: The aircraft was hijacked shortly after it left Logan International Airport in Boston and crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. The building subsequently collapsed. It was one of four planes hijacked by terrorists.

Date: 09/11/2001 Location: New York City, New York Airline: United Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 767-200 Registration: N612UA Fatalities/No. Aboard: 65:65 +1000s? Details: The aircraft was hijacked shortly after it left Logan International Airport in Boston and crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center. The building subsequently collapsed. It was one of four planes hijacked by terrorists.

Date: 09/11/2001 Location: Pentagon City, Virginia (Washington DC Metro Area) Airline: American Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 Registration: N644AA Fatalities/No. Aboard: 64:64 +100s? Details: Shortly after taking off from Dulles International Airport, the aircraft was hijacked and flown into the side of the Pentagon building. It was one of four planes hijacked by terrorists.

Date: 09/11/2001 Location: Buckstown, Pennsylvania Airline: United Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 Registration: N591UA Fatalities/No. Aboard: 45:45 Details: The aircraft was hijacked shortly after taking off from Newark International Airport. It changed direction began heading towards Washington when it crashed at a high rate of speed into a field in the Pennsylvania countryside. It was one of four planes hijacked by terrorists.

Date: 03/03/2001 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Airline: Thai Airways Aircraft: Boeing 737-400 Registration: HS-TDC Fatalities/No. Aboard: 1:5 Details: The aircraft exploded and caught fire 35 minutes before its scheduled takeoff. Five members of the cabin crew were the only people aboard the plane at the time. Witnesses said they heard an explosion before flames erupted aboard the aircraft. The explosion was caused by a mixture of C-4, TNT and other chemicals.

Date: 10/31/2000 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Airline: Singapore Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 Registration: 9V-SPK Fatalities/No. Aboard: 83:179 Details: The aircraft began its takeoff roll in heavy rain and high winds. The pilot mistakenly tried to take off on a closed runway and the aircraft struck construction equipment, broke in three and burst into flames. The pilot missed some key warnings, including a routine preflight briefing report that warned of the hazard on the runway under construction and two signs indicating the number of the runway he mistakenly went down.

Date: 07/17/2000 Location: Patna, India Airline: Alliance Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Advanced Registration: VT-EGD Fatalities/No. Aboard: 52:58 +5 Details: While attempting to land at Patna, the aircraft was too high and the crew attempted a go-around. During the second landing attempt the aircraft was again high, veered to left and lost altitude until it crashed into houses in the Gardanibagh district and burst into flames.

Date: 04/19/2000 Location: Samal Island, Philippines Airline: Air Philippines Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: RP-C3010 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 131:131 Details: The aircraft circled Davao airport in an attempt to land but crashed onto a coconut plantation on the mountainous Samal Island. The plane aborted a previous landing attempt because another plane was on the runway. Weather and visibility were good in the area but the landing attempt may have been hampered by low-lying clouds. The last message from the crew was that they were 7 miles from the airport on final approach. Nothing more was heard from the plane. The aircraft disintegrated upon impact near Mt. Kalangan. The elevation of the accident site was about 500 feet above sea level but the plane should have been at a altitude of 1,500 feet.

Date: 10/31/1999 Location: Nantucket Island, Massachusetts Airline: EgyptAir Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER Registration: SU-GAP Fatalities/No. Aboard: 217:217 Details: The plane took off from JFK at 1:19 a.m. bound for Cairo, Egypt. Thirty-three minutes later, after attaining an altitude of 33,000 feet, it was observed on radar in an extremely rapid descent and crashed seconds later into the Atlantic Ocean, 60 miles southeast of Nantucket Island The aircraft was named Thutmosis III. There are strong indications one of the co-pilots committed suicide.

Date: 08/31/1999 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Airline: LAPA, Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas Aircraft: Boeing 737-200C Registration: LV-WRZ Fatalities/No. Aboard: 61:103 +10 Details: While attempting to take off from Jorge Newberry airport, the crew aborted takeoff, overran the runway, skidded across a service road and crashed into several cars and into a golf course, bursting into flames. The crew had the wrong flap selection for takeoff.

Date: 07/23/1999 Location: Tokyo, Japan Airline: All Nippon Airways Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 Registration: Fatalities/No. Aboard: 1:517 Details: Two minutes after taking off Haneda Airport, a man carrying a knife forced a flight attendant to take him in the cockpit of the plane. A fan of computer flight-simulation games, he stated he just wanted to fly a real plane. After forcing the co-pilot out of the cockpit he ordered the captain to fly to a U.S. Air Force base in western Tokyo. When he refused, he stabbed the captain and seized the controls. After a sudden drop in altitude, the co-pilot and an off duty crew member entered the cockpit and overpowered the hijacker. The plane landed safely but the captain died.

Date: 10/10/1998 Location: Kindu, Congo Airline: Congo Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 727-100 Registration: 9Q-CSG Fatalities/No. Aboard: 41:41 Details: The aircraft crashed into the jungle after the rear engine was hit by a missile fired by Tutsi rebel forces shortly after the plane took off from Kindu Airport bound for Kinshasa.

Date: 04/20/1998 Location: Bogota, Colombia Airline: Air France (operated by TAME) Aircraft: Boeing 727-200 Registration: HC-BSU Fatalities/No. Aboard: 53:53 Details: The aircraft crashed atop fog covered Cerro el Cable mountain and exploded into flames, three minutes after taking off from Bogota's El Dorado airport, en route to Quito. The aircraft was leased to Air France by TAME airlines. The crew did not turn in the proper direction after reaching the Romeo non-directional beacon even though the flight crew acknowledged an air traffic controller's warning that they were off course.

Date: 03/19/1998 Location: Charasyab, Afghanistan Airline: Ariana Afghan Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 727-200 Registration: YA-FAZ Fatalities/No. Aboard: 45:45 Details: The plane was descending for a landing at Kabul when it struck 3,000 ft. Sharki Baratayi Mountain, 300 feet below the summit in dense fog.

Date: 12/28/1997 Location: Pacific Ocean Airline: United Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 747-100 Registration: N4723U Fatalities/No. Aboard: 1:393 Details: The aircraft hit severe clear air turbulence while flying VFR, 950 miles southeast of Tokyo. One passenger was killed.

Date: 12/19/1997 Location: Palembang, Indonesia Airline: SilkAir Aircraft: Boeing 737-300 Registration: 9V-TRF Fatalities/No. Aboard: 104:104 Details: The aircraft was on a flight from Jakarta to Singapore. The plane disappeared off radar screens and shortly after, crashed into the Musi River. The plane, almost brand-new, cruising in good weather and with an experienced crew suddenly left normal flight from 35,000 feet and crashed at a high rate of speed into the Sumatran jungle. The right wing and parts of the rudder separated from the aircraft before it crashed. The Indonesian National Transportation Committee found that there was insufficient evidence to find a cause for the accident. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board strongly disagreed and stated the jet's cockpit voice recorder was intentionally disconnected and its flight controls placed in a nose-down position most likely by the captain. While the U.S. NTSB stopped short of using the term suicide, its dissenting report made it clear it believed the crash was the result of actions by the captain.

Date: 08/06/1997 Location: Agana, Guam Airline: Korean Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 747-300 Registration: HL-7468 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 228:254 Details: The aircraft crashed into Nimitz Hill, 3 miles short of Runway 06R, while making a non-precision approach in heavy rain to A.B. Won Guam International Airport. The runway glide slope system was inoperative. In addition, the Minimum Safe Altitude Warning system (MSAW) was also not working due to a software problem. The captain's failure to adequately brief and execute the non-precision approach and the first officer's and flight engineer's failure to effectively monitor and cross-check the captain's execution of the approach. Contributing to these failures were the captain's fatigue and Korean Air's inadequate flight crew training. Contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) intentional inhibition of the minimum safe altitude warning system (MSAW) at Guam and the agency's failure to adequately manage the system. Date: 05/08/199

7 Location: Huangtian, China Airline: China Southern Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-300 Registration: B-2925 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 35:74 Details: After several landing attempts, the aircraft crashed onto the runway during a thunderstorm, broke up and caught fire. The aircraft was diverted to Huangtian from Shenzhen's International Airport.

Date: 11/23/1996 Location: Moroni, Comoros Islands Airline: Ethiopian Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 767-200ER Registration: ET-AIZ Fatalities/No. Aboard: 125:175 Details: The aircraft was hijacked shortly after taking off from Ethiopia by three drunken escaped prisoners. They demanded to be flown to Australia, but wouldn't let the pilot stop to refuel. The plane eventually ran out of fuel and ditched 500 feet offshore of a beach on the island of Comoros. The hijackers fought the pilot for control of the aircraft in the last minutes aloft as the left wing tip struck the water and the plane crashed into the sea flipping at least once before breaking apart.

Date: 11/12/1996 Location: New Delhi, India Airline: Saudi Arabian Airlines / Kazastan Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 747-100B / Ilyushin Il-76TD Registration: HZ-AIH / UN-76435 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 349:349 Details: Midair collision 17 km W of New Delhi. The Saudi 747 had just taken off from New Delhi airport ascending to 14,000 feet while the Il-76 was descending. Three hundred twelve killed on the B-747, thirty-seven aboard the Il-76. The Il-76 descended below its assigned altitude. The death toll was reduced from 351 to 349 after Kazastan Airlines reported 37 aboard rather than 39.

Date: 11/07/1996 Location: Lagos, Nigeria Airline: Aviation Development Corporation Aircraft: Boeing 727-200 Registration: 5N-BBF Fatalities/No. Aboard: 143:143 Details: The plane crashed mid-way along its scheduled 50 minute route. The aircraft went into a roll and lost control after taking evasive action to avoid another aircraft. The plane was flying almost at the speed of sound when it crashed and disintegrated. ATC error.

Date: 10/22/1996 Location: Manta, Ecuador Airline: Million Air Aircraft: Boeing 707-300C Registration: N751MA Fatalities/No. Aboard: 4:4 +22 Details: The aircraft crashed into the Dolorosa district in flames shortly after taking off. One engine caught fire during the climb-out.

Date: 10/02/1996 Location: Pasamayo, Peru Airline: Aeroperu Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 Registration: N52AW Fatalities/No. Aboard: 70:70 Details: The aircraft crashed into the ocean 28 minutes after taking off from Lima, Peru. Pieces of adhesive tape were found covering the static ports, placed there by personnel during aircraft maintenance and cleaning, causing the malfunction of the airspeed indicators and altimeters. The crew was not able to correctly determine their altitude and airspeed and with no ground reference over water and at night, crashed into the ocean. An employee did not remove the adhesive tape from the static ports, nor was it detected by any number of people, including the captain, during the preflight inspection A maintenance worker was tried and convicted of negligent homicide for failing to remove the adhesive tape and received 2 years in jail.

Date: 07/17/1996 Location: East Moriches, New York Airline: TWA Trans World Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 747-100 Registration: N93119 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 230:230 Details: While on a flight from New York to Paris, France, the aircraft exploded at FL 130, broke up and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, N.Y. The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the accident was an explosion of the center wing fuel tank resulting from ignition of the flammable fuel/air mixture in the tank. The source of ignition energy for the explosion could not be determined with certainty but, of the sources evaluated by the investigation, the most likely was a short circuit outside of the center wing tank that allowed excessive voltage to enter it through electrical wiring associated with the fuel quantity indication system.

Date: 02/29/1996 Location: Arequipa, Peru Airline: Compania de Aviacion Faucett SA Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: OB-1451 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 123:123 Details: The aircraft crashed into a hillside several miles from the airport while attempting to land. The pilot reported flying at 9,500 ft. when the aircraft was actually flying 8,640 ft. Controlled flight into terrain.

Date: 02/06/1996 Location: Puerto Plata, Domincan Republic Airline: Alas Nacionales (operated by Birgen Air) Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 Registration: TC-GEN Fatalities/No. Aboard: 189:189 Details: The plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, 21 km north of Puerto Plata, shortly after taking off. Incorrect airspeed indications resulting from a clogged pitot tube. The readings were greater than the actual airspeed resulting in the crew reducing power and leading to a stall. Failure of the crew to recognize the activation of the control column shaker as a warning of an imminent stall. Failure of the crew to carry out the procedures to recover the aircraft from the stall and restore lift.

Date: 12/20/1995 Location: Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia Airline: American Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 Registration: N651A Fatalities/No. Aboard: 160:164 Details: While on a flight from Miami, FL to Cali, Columbia the aircraft crashed into mountainous terrain 38 miles north of Cali while attempting to land. On approach, the crew were requested to report over Tulua VOR which they already passed. This confused them and they decided to go direct to Rozo beacon. Entering the abbreviation "R", incorrectly steered the plane towards Bogota. More than a minute into the turn the crew steered manually toward Cali, but this now took them into the path of a mountain. Crew error. Lack of situational awareness, failure to adequately plan and execute the approach, failure to realize that the FMS had turned the aircraft toward mountains. Crew also neglected to retract the speed brakes after the ground proximity warning system alert. Lack of adequate radar. Different Flight Management System naming convention from that published in navigational charts.

Date: 12/03/1995 Location: Douala, Cameroon Airline: Cameroon Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: TJ-CBE Fatalities/No. Aboard: 71:76 Details: The plane went into a dive and crashed 6 km short of the runway into a swamp during a second attempt at landing. Loss of power in the left engine.

Date: 11/13/1995 Location: Kaduna, Nigeria Airline: Nigeria Airways Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: 5N-AUA Fatalities/No. Aboard: 9:137 Details: The aircraft touched down halfway down the runway, veered off the runway where grass caught fire under the aircraft.

Date: 08/09/1995 Location: Mt. Chichontepec, San Vincente, El Salvador Airline: AVIATECA Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: N125GU Fatalities/No. Aboard: 65:65 Details: Crashed into Mt. Chichontepec volcano at night during heavy rain and thunderstorms. Possible damage to the aircraft's DME due to lightning. Confusion between the pilot and ATC due to bad weather and a diversion. The Ground Proximity Warning System had sounded.

Date: 12/29/1994 Location: Van, Turkey Airline: Turkish Airlines (THY) Aircraft: Boeing 737-400 Registration: TC-JES Fatalities/No. Aboard: 57:76 Details: The aircraft crashed into a hill near the airport in driving snow after a fourth landing attempt.

Date: 12/11/1994 Location: Pacific Ocean Airline: Philippine Air Lines Aircraft: Boeing 747-200 Registration: EI-BWF Fatalities/No. Aboard: 1:292 Details: An explosive device detonated at FL 300 under a seat in the passenger cabin blowing a two square foot hole in the fuselage and killing one passenger in seat 26K. The plane made a safe emergency landing at Okinawa.

Date: 09/08/1994 Location: Aliquippa, Pennsylvania Airline: USAir Aircraft: Boeing 737-300 Registration: N513AU Fatalities/No. Aboard: 132:132 Details: On a flight from Chicago to Pittsburgh, while on approach, the aircraft went into a sudden nose dive and crashed into a wooded ravine 6 miles northwest of the airport. The accident was caused by a loss of control of the aircraft resulting from the movement of the rudder surface to its blowdown limit or an uncommanded rudder reversal. The rudder surface deflected in a direction opposite to that commanded by the pilots as a result of a jam of the main rudder PCU servo valve secondary slide to the servo valve housing offset from its neutral position and overtravel of the primary slide.

Date: 07/26/1993 Location: Haenam, South Korea Airline: Asiana Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-500 Registration: HL-7229 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 68:114 Details: The aircraft hit Mt. Ungeo while on approach after two missed landing attempts in high winds and heavy rain. Captain's decision to land in weather that had fallen below minima.

Date: 05/19/1993 Location: Medellin, Colombia Airline: SAM (Colombia) Aircraft: Boeing 727 Registration: HK-2422X Fatalities/No. Aboard: 132:132 Details: The plane hit Mt. Paramo Frontino at 12,300 ft. while on approach to Maria Cordova Airport. Errors by the crew and the ATC. The aircraft descended into mountainous terrain before actually reaching the Abejorral NDB beacon. The VOR/DME had been sabotaged by terrorists and not in service.

Date: 04/26/1993 Location: Aurangabad, India Airline: Indian Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: VT-ECQ Fatalities/No. Aboard: 55:118 Details: The aircraft hit a truck, struck power lines and crashed into a field after failing to gain altitude during takeoff.

Date: 03/31/1993 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Airline: Japan Airlines (Operated by Evergreen International) Aircraft: Boeing 747-100 Registration: N47EV Fatalities/No. Aboard: 0:5 Details: The No.2 engine and pylon separated from the aircraft at 2,000 feet. The plane landed safely. The engine separation was due to an encounter with severe or possibly extreme turbulence and a fatigue crack.

Date: 12/22/1992 Location: Tripoli, Libya Airline: Libya Arab Airlines / Libya Air Force Aircraft: Boeing 727-200 / MiG23UB Registration: 5A-DIA Fatalities/No. Aboard: 157:157 Details: Midair collision with an Libyan Air Force fighter.

Date: 11/24/1992 Location: Liutang, Guangxi, China Airline: China Southern Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-300 Registration: B-2523 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 141:141 Details: The aircraft crashed into a 7,000 ft. mountain, 15 miles from the airport while on apporach. Malfunction of the thrust lever which caused a loss of control of the aircraft.

Date: 10/04/1992 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Airline: El Al Israel Aircraft: Boeing 747-200F Registration: 4X-AXG Fatalities/No. Aboard: 4:4 +47 Details: Shortly after taking off from Schiphol Airport, while climbing through 6,500 feet, the No. 3 engine separated with its pylon from the aircraft and damaged the leading edge of the right wing. The No. 3 engine separated in such a way that the No. 4 engine and pylon also separated from the wing. During an attempted return to the airport, the aircraft crashed into a 11 story building in the Bijlmermeer residential district. The design and certification of the B-747 pylon was found to be inadequate to provide the required level of safety. The system to ensure structural integrity by inspection failed. The separation of the No. 3 engine was initiated by fatigue (corrosion) in the inboard midspar fuse pin. This led to loss of the No. 4 engine and pylon and damage to several systems which ultimately led to loss of control of the aircraft.

Date: 06/06/1992 Location: Tucuti, Panama Airline: COPA Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: HP-1205CMP Fatalities/No. Aboard: 47:47 Details: Twenty minutes after leaving Panama, the aircraft changed course to miss an area of thunderstorms. It then went into uncontrolled high speed dive and broke up at FL 100. Non-synchronization of artificial horizons. Malfunctioning attitude indicator. Both attitude indicators functioning off the same gyro. Crew neglected to perform a cross check. Pilot came out of a left bank and continued into a right bank that eventually rolled the aircraft and caused it to go into a steep dive from which recovery was not possible.

Date: 02/20/1992 Location: En route from California to Argentina Airline: Aerolineas Argentinas Aircraft: Boeing 747 Registration: Fatalities/No. Aboard: 1:? Details: A passenger died of food poisoning while en route.

Date: 12/29/1991 Location: Wanli, Taiwan Airline: China Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 747-200F Registration: B-198 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 5:5 Details: The cargo plane crashed on takeoff after losing an engine due to corroded pins.

Date: 08/16/1991 Location: Imphal, India Airline: Indian Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: VT-EFL Fatalities/No. Aboard: 69:69 Details: Crashed into high ground during approach. The crew failed to follow the correct approach course.

Date: 05/26/1991 Location: Ban Nong Rong, Thailand Airline: Lauda Air Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER Registration: OE-LAV Fatalities/No. Aboard: 223:223 Details: Twelve minutes after takeoff the crew received a visual REV ISLN advisory warning which indicated that an additional system failure may cause deployment of the No. 1 engine thrust reverser. No action was taken since the manual indicated "No Action Required". Just before reaching FL 310 during a climb, there was an uncommanded deployment of the No. 1 engine thrust reverser. The aircraft stalled, when into a steep high speed dive, broke apart at 4,000 feet and crashed into the jungle. Failure of the reverse thrust isolation valve. Following the accident Boeing made modifications to the thrust reverser system.

Date: 03/03/1991 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado Airline: United Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: N999UA Fatalities/No. Aboard: 25:25 Details: While on final approach to Colorado Springs, the aircraft suddenly rolled to the right and pitched nose down until it reached an almost vertical attitude before hitting the ground. Uncommanded deflection of the rudder caused by the jamming of the main rudder PUC servo valve. First female pilot to die on the flight deck of a U.S. airliner.

Date: 02/01/1991 Location: Los Angeles, California Airline: USAir / Skywest Airlilnes Aircraft: Boeing 737-300 / Swearingen SA-27AC Registration: N388US / N683AV Fatalities/No. Aboard: 34:99 Details: The Skywest Metroliner was told to taxi into position for takeoff and hold. The ATC became preoccupied with another aircraft that departed the tower frequency. A Wings West aircraft reporting "ready for takeoff", caused some confusion because the controller didn't have a flight progress strip in front of her. The strip appeared to have been misfiled at the clearance delivery position. The USAir, which was cleared to land, landed on top of the Metroliner. After the collision, both planes slid off the runway into an unoccupied fire station and burst into flames. The failure of the Los Angeles Air Traffic Facility Management to implement procedures that provided redundancy comparable to the requirements contained in the National Operational Position Standards and the failure of the FAA ATS to provide adequate policy direction and oversight to its ATC facility managers. These failures created an environment in the Los Angeles ATC tower that ultimately led to the failure of the controller to maintain awareness of the traffic situation, culminating in the inappropriate clearances and the subsequent collision of the USAir and SkyWest aircraft. Twenty-two killed aboard the USAir, 12 aboard the Metroliner.

Date: 12/04/1990 Location: Nairobi, Kenya Airline: Trans Arabian Air Transport Aircraft: Boeing 707-300C Registration: ST-SAC Fatalities/No. Aboard: 10:10 Details: Undershot the runway on a second approach, hit powerlines and crashed in fog.

Date: 12/03/1990 Location: Romulus, Michigan Airline: NWA Northwest Airlines / NWA Northwest Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 727-200 / Douglas DC-9-14 Registration: N278US / N3313L Fatalities/No. Aboard: 8:198 Details: Ground collision in dense fog. The 727 was on its takeoff roll when the DC-9 taxied onto the active runway. Improper crew coordination aboard the DC-9. Failure to stop and alert ATC of positional uncertainty. Eight killed aboard the DC-9.

Date: 10/02/1990 Location: Guangzhou, China Airline: Xiamen Airlines / China Southwest Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 / Boeing 757-200 Registration: B-2510 / B-2812 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 128:226 Details: Shortly after takeoff a hijacker entered the cockpit and demanded to be flown to Hong Kong. The captain circled for 30 minutes and landed at Guangzhou, hitting the runway hard, clipping a B-707 and crashing into a B-757. Eighty-two aboard the B-737 and 46 aboard the B-757 were killed.

Date: 09/11/1990 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Airline: Compania de Aviacion Faucett SA Aircraft: Boeing 727-200 Registration: OB-1303 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 18:18 Details: The aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean. The last message that was heard from the crew was they were low on fuel and preparing to ditch.

Date: 05/11/1990 Location: Manila, Philippines Airline: Philippine Air Lines Aircraft: Boeing 737-300 Registration: EI-BZG Fatalities/No. Aboard: 8:119 Details: There was an explosion in the center fuel tank while the aircraft was being pushed back for flight. Ignition of vapors in the empty center tank probably resulted from faulty wiring. Several causes have been presumed including chafed insulation on the wiring for the center fuel tank float level switch and damaged insulation on the wiring of the nearby wing anti-ice valve.

Date: 01/25/1990 Location: Cove Neck, New York Airline: AVIANCA Aircraft: Boeing 707-300B Registration: HK-2016 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 73:158 Details: The aircraft was put in a series of extended holding patterns as it approached New York. The crew informed ATC they were running out of fuel but did not declare an emergency and were cleared to land. After a missed approach and during a go-around, the plane ran out of fuel and crashed in a wooded area. The captain speaking very little English and communicating through the first officer at no time declared an emergency. The first officer used the term "we need priority" several times, rather than declaring an emergency. The ATC did not realize the peril of the aircraft. Failure of the crew to properly communicate the emergency situation to the ATC.

Date: 11/27/1989 Location: Bogota, Colombia Airline: AVIANCA Aircraft: Boeing 727-100 Registration: HK-1803 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 110:110 +3 Details: The plane burst into flames and crashed shortly after taking off from El Dorado Airport. Detonation of an explosive device placed in a seat on the starboard side of the passenger cabin which ignited fuel vapors in an empty fuel tank. Five police informants, marked for death by a drug cartel were among the passengers killed.

Date: 10/26/1989 Location: Hualein, China Airline: China Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Registration: B-180 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 54:54 Details: The plane hit a mountain shortly after taking off. The flight crew used an incorrect departure procedure. Date: 10/21/1989 Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras Airline: TAN Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 727-200 Registration: N88705 Fatalities/No. Aboard: 127:146 Details: The aircraft landed short of the runway in heavy rain and high winds after returning to the airport. The crew did not follow the proper approach procedure. Date: 09/20/1989 Location: New York, New York Airline: USAir Aircraft: Boeing 737-400 Registration: N416US Fatalities/No. Aboard: 2:63 Details: During an aborted takeoff, the aircraft overran the runway, hit a wooden approach lighting pier and came to rest partially submerged in shallow water. The failure of the captain to exercise his authority in a timely manner to reject or continue the troubled takeoff which

What’s that supposed to prove?

Considering that Boeing has 12,000 (70%) of the currently flying commercial aircraft in the sky, and Airbus only 5100, your post makes no sense.