as a maintainer it pains me to say this, but i think we re finding more and more where it is repair related. there were at least two suicides in the wake of this incident. a japan airlines employee who was working with victims families and an inspection engineer who issued a certificate of airworthiness for the doomed plane after the 1978 tail strike. to this day, jal 123 remains the deadliest single aircraft accident in the history of aviation. we ve seen the disastrous results of airplanes that are not properly repaired, maintained or inspected. japan airlines flight 123, american flight 191, aloha flight 243. we ve also seen what can happen when a plane has a design flaw, as in the case of united flight 811. but those flights are the exception, not the rule. every day 3 million passengers do land safely.
there were two suicides in the wake of this incident, a japan airlines employee who was working with victim families. and an inspector who issued the certificate of airworthiness for the doomed plan after the 1978 tail strike. to this day, jal 123 remains the deadliest single aircraft accident in the history of aviation. we ve seen the disastrous results of airplanes not properly repaired, maintained or inspected. japan airlines flight 123, american flight 191, aloha flight 243. we ve also seen what can happen when a plane has a design flaw. but those flights are the exception, not rule. every day, 3 million passengers
structural failures how common is it that is it repair or maintenance related? as a maintainer it pains me to say this more and more we re finding it s repair related. there were two suicides in the wake of this incident, a japan airlines employee who was working with victim families. and an inspector who issued the air worthiness report for the doomed airplane. to this day is it the deadliest single aircraft accident in the history of aviation. we have seen japan airlines flight 123, american flight 119, aloha flight 243. we ve also seen what can happen when a plane has a design flaw. but those flights are the
the doomed plane after the 1978 tail strike. so this day, jal 123 remains the deadliest single aircraft accident in the history of aviation. we ve seen the disastrous results of airplanes that are not properly repaired, maintained or inspected. japan airlines flight 123, american flight 191, aloha flight 243. we ve also seen what can happen when a plane has a design flaw, as in the case of united flight 811. but those flights are the exception, not the rule. every day, 3 million passengers do land safely. i m asked often what s the most dangerous part about flying? literally, it s the drive to the airport. but for those who survive accidents, those statistics are of little comfort. they ve seen and felt the consequences of structural failure firsthand.