A seat belt: a lifesaving device A seat belt is a restraining device that is installed in vehicles to prevent and reduce force of an injury in the event of an accident. For anyone travelling or driving using any means of transport, wearing seatbelts is an important safety measure. The importance of...
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In 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 was planned to take the sixth flight from Tokyo to Osaka at Haneda Airport. Nevertheless, the flight was cut short around twelve minutes after takeoff due to a tremor, cabin decompression, and a loud band. Following then, the plane's essential systems gradually failed, resulting...
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In the event of a plane crash, such as Pan Am Flight 759, emergency reaction and firefighting are critical to mitigating the effects of crash explosions. The firemen must understand how to manage the fire in accordance with emergency response procedures that have evolved over the last thirty years to...
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The Crash of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 The crash of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 is one of the most remembered incidents in the airline business. On April 28, 1988, at 1346hrs, a Boeing 737-200, N73711, operated by Aloha Airlines Inc. as flight 243, experienced an explosive decompression and subsequent structural failure...
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This document is an investigation of an aircraft accident involving a Zonk Air Charters aircraft. A pilot and four passengers on board were killed in the collision. The twin flight took off from Tahoe Airport around dusk, when the weather was not conducive to a flight launch. The clouds were...
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Risk management Risk management is the process of identifying, assessing, and prioritizing risks. The basic goal of risk management is to ensure that uncertainty does not detract from company objectives. The environment of homeland security in the United States is complex, with several requirements, incentives, and interests that must be balanced...
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Hazards Control as a Tool to Enhance the Working EnvironmentHazards control has been used as a tool to enhance the workstation's working environment. Numerous accidents that occurred at the company resulted in lawsuits from the parties harmed. The management resisted paying the wounded employees' claims for compensation. However, the company's...
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Trauma is an uncontrollable and unmanageable sense of depression that commonly occurs as a result of startling and horrific circumstances such as car crashes, kidnapping, natural disasters, and other debilitating occurrences. People are affected by trauma in both the short and long term. Short-term effects include shock and self-denial, while...
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The Chernobyl Tragedy The Chernobyl tragedy was a devastating nuclear event that occurred on April 26, 1986, in Ukraine, about 01:20 AM, during a scheduled safety test. The nuclear energy plant spiraled out of balance, resulting in a massive blast from reactor chamber number 4 at the Chernobyl plant, killing 30...
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US traffic accidents have entered a deplorable state, with more than thirty-eight thousand people killed in road accidents alone in 2015, with 4.4 million others injured, resulting in hospital consultations (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). According to IIHS, the majority of these incidents are caused by young drivers, leading to...
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Introduction Most incidents on earth are linked to a small hand of human error, as was the case in the Three-Mile Island disaster that left the Dauphin County ecosystem and some of its surroundings with catastrophic consequences. In accordance with the calamity that influenced the faults in the system, there were...
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