Aircraft Accidents due to weather phenomenons

An aviation accident is defined as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked, in which a person is fatally or seriously injured, the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure or the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.

- 21.3% of total accidents are weather realted. - 76% of Causes of NAS delays in 2004 is weather realated.

Aircraft Accidents due to weather phenomenons different weather phenomenons that may cause aircraft accidents: 1-Fog 2-volcano 3-lightnings 4-thunders 5-microbursts 6-rain/snow 7-sandstorms...

Aircraft Accidents due to weather phenomenons

tenerife aircraftidisater

Date: March 27, 1977 Type: Pilot error, runway incursion, poor weather conditions, limitations and failures in communication Site: Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Total fatalities: 583

Aircraft Accidents due to weather phenomenons

First aircraft Type : Boeing 747 121 Operator: Pan American World Airways Passengers:380 Crew:16 Fatalities: 335 (326 passengers, 9 crew members) Survivors :61

Second aircraft
Type:Boeing747206B

Operato:KLM Passengers:234 Crew:14 Fatalities:248 (all) Survivors:0 (none)

American aircraft

Dutch aircraft Canary Islands,Spain

Aircraft Accidents due to weather phenomenons

During taxiing, the weather deteriorated and low-lying clouds limited the visual range to about 300 m (1,000 ft). Legal or stipulated threshold for takeoff was 700 m (2,300 ft) visibility everything is calm until suddenly out of nowhere the pilot says: "Goddamn, that son-of-a-bitch is coming straight at us!"

fog in an airport

Aircraft Accidents due to weather phenomenons

Actual collision point

accident simulation

Aircraft Accidents due to weather phenomenons

British airways Flight 9 speedbird 9 Jacarta Incident

Date Type

24 June 1982 Flameout of all engines due to blockage by volcanic ash Mount Galunggung, West Java,Indonesia 248 15

Site Passengers Crew

Aircraft Accidents due to weather phenomenons

Volcanic ashes:
The ash is hard and abrasive and can quickly cause: 1- significant wear on propellers and turbo compressor blades 2-scratch the cockpit windows 3-impairing visibility 4-It contaminates fuel and water systems, can jam gears 5-can cause a flameout of the engines

Aircraft Accidents due to weather phenomenons

failure of all four engines. The aircraft was able to glide far enough to exit the ash cloud

although all the four engines were off, there were no fatalities.

Aircraft Accidents due to weather phenomenons