The accidents toéprisoners occurred during the second week of March 2019 taught usñanqué you should not judge an avión because of his age. Photos of José Luis Figuedero and Jono Druion.
Regrettably, each damn aéreo has always generated a series of measures or learnings for the industry toérea, what is the más regulated world, so that these events are never repeated.ás.
I was just thinking, afterés to read people's comments about the plane crashón DC-3 in Villavicencio, Colombia from company Láto be, than a grandfatherón not being old is necessarily insecure. I explain myself, Any aircraft can continue flying after 40 años and for a long time más as long as the airworthiness directives mandated by the manufacturer's manuals are followed and the strictly respective and mandatory maintenance is complied with..
¿There is a greater risk of flying in an airplaneón of más de 40 años? I couldíwe love to say yesí, but history has shown us that it is not a law and an accident can occur due to thousands of different factors independent of the age of the aircraft..
Today it is surprising to see airplanes 40 O 50 añaxis aún flying, but airplanes 15 añyou old, with technologyía cutting-edge Airbus or Boeing already retired and ready to be turned into beer cans, ¿becauseé the Máold ones keep flying and the new ones no longer? For something as simple as the costs of carrying out general maintenance called a D Check., between más new and modern the avión, más expensive to beán these tasks.
Spaghettiéfastó the attentionón, while thinking about the DC-3 accident and considering writing an editorial about it, another sad news aeronáutica arrivedó, a brand new, with so sólo 4 months of service in the airlineínea Ethiopian Airlines, get into an accidentó minutes laterés having taken off and although it is too early to know the causes of the accident, it's avión, the más new modern Boeing model Boeing 737 MAX 8 shows us that age, which is not meás that a número does not imply or guaranteeíwhether or not to fly in a certain aircraft.
Do not enteré on possible causes of both accidents or whether the Ethiopian Airlines accident is relatedón with that of Lion Air, I will take care of thatán relevant authorities and investigators.
The important thing is always to beá the correct operation and maintenance that the Aerolírules and operators apply to their aircraft to be able to talk about safety or not, along with the training and capacity of the pilots, We must not forget that airplanes do not fly alone.
Slabñwhat happened on a planeón and its flight hours do not make it unsafe, can have months of flight as we see in the úlast two accidents of Boeing airplanes or several défalls on, what's important tooén is its correct functioning and operationóresponsible, regardless, of course «is old» o no.
To close, Let's hope that learning from these two cases, generate new pairámeters and actions that avoid repetition and above all, the sad one does not come true rule of three in Aviación.
I think the Air France accident was more human failure than anything else.
I completely agree,The age of the aircraft plays a role as long as the measuring instruments have not been updated.. The most important thing is always correct functioning and responsible operation..
It is known if Airbus took any action with the experience of this accident. ??
Airbus has nothing to do with all this.
The design of the tube and its ability to freeze I believe are the responsibility of the manufacturer.. But the decisive failure was human.
Of course, It was human error caused by pitot failure.
Good Morning:
A query, in reference to the accident of the Air France Airbus that fell into the sea while covering the Rio de Janeiro route – Paris if I remember correctly in the year 2010, What was the cause of the accident? ??
There was speculation that it was a failure in the pitot tubes to measure air pressure, very important data for airplane computer calculations, it was like that ??
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JIMMY
It's right, that was the main factor of the accident.
What absurdity of news, anyone with 2 fingers straight sees that accidents due to design have decreased by 80 percent since aviation is aviation.
First, it's not news, second no one has indicated anything about the design, It is simply a comparison as to whether a new airplane, does not guarantee safety if it is not well operated or maintained. You just have to read well.
It all depends on the maintenance of the aircraft ,which is currently very expensive.
It doesn't just happen in aviation… I have a vw beetle 1965 and nothing fails, while cars with 5 years of use are already ready for disposal.
As you point out. Technology is expensive and soon becomes obsolete..
Strongly agree.
It's true, I also think, What if a plane has been in service for so long?, It is because it came out very good and therefore it is of excellent quality.. The important thing is proper maintenance.
Strongly agree.
Very good article.
We agree.
Thanks Harold.
Totally agree
Thanks for sharing William.