tenerife mercury probs
Aug. 8th, 2022 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crimsoncurrentAt that point in events leading to the Tenerife Airport disaster, there occurred the most unfortunate coincidence of all. A simultaneous radio call from the Pan Am flight, saying that they had not finished taxiing and were still on the runway, had the effect of causing radio interference, so the control tower's last few words were not heard by the KLM captain. The crucial information of the Pan Am flight's position was also lost. If both these messages had been heard, the KLM flight would have been able to abort its take-off.
There followed an extensive investigation into the cause of the Tenerife Airport Disaster by a team of 70 investigators. Their conclusions were that the main reasons such a catastrophe was allowed to happen were:
The KLM flight started its take-off without proper clearance.
The Pan Am flight missed the third exit it was told to use, instead carrying on towards exit four.
The loss of two crucial radio messages, due to their being broadcast as exactly the same time and causing cross-interference, resulting in meaningless radio hiss-and-crackle.
Use of non-standard responses, such as "OK".
The airport being forced to accommodate a number of large aircraft, way beyond its capacity.
There followed an extensive investigation into the cause of the Tenerife Airport Disaster by a team of 70 investigators. Their conclusions were that the main reasons such a catastrophe was allowed to happen were:
The KLM flight started its take-off without proper clearance.
The Pan Am flight missed the third exit it was told to use, instead carrying on towards exit four.
The loss of two crucial radio messages, due to their being broadcast as exactly the same time and causing cross-interference, resulting in meaningless radio hiss-and-crackle.
Use of non-standard responses, such as "OK".
The airport being forced to accommodate a number of large aircraft, way beyond its capacity.