Aviation Case Studies

UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 232 Crashed: July 19, 1989 in Sioux City, Iowa The eyes of the nation watched as a home video fixed on Runway 2L at Sioux City, Iowa’s airport captured the chilling crash scene. Again and again, television stations aired the clip of the immense jetliner, United Airlines Flight 232, cartwheeling in flames before crash-landing in a soybean field. Passengers were thrown from the plane; 112 were killed in the deadly impact. Another…

ALASKA AIR FLIGHT 261 Crashed: January 31, 2000 in the Pacific Ocean On January 31, 2000, an Alaska Airlines MD-83 aircraft in flight to San Francisco plummeted from the sky and crashed into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 people on board. The tragic event raised serious questions surrounding the safety of one of America’s largest airlines at the time and left devastated families wondering what went so wrong. Most of those aboard the jet…