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    experience in the area of corrosion detection and prevention. The maintenance crew from aloha that was carrying out maintenance for flight 243 had very little training and exposure in the area of corrosion resistance and detection. Therefore they were not experienced to carry out NDT on the lap joints or to detect in-depth corrosion. Thirdly‚ there were flaws in the maintenance program of the Aloha airline and the airline industry in general. There was a high accumulation of flight cycles between structural

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    Abstract On 28 April 1988‚ Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced structural failure and consequent explosive decompression at 24‚000 ft. over the Pacific Ocean while en route from Hilo to Honolulu‚ HI. The flight crew enacted appropriate contingency procedures and was able to safely land the aircraft at Kahului Airport in Maui. During the event‚ an 18-ft. section of the fuselage skin had separated from the aircraft. The study of this accident and the safety issues identified as a result are classic

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    Aloha Airlines Flight 243 Boeing 737-200 April 28‚1988 Honolulu‚ HI Aloha 243 was a watershed accident : There were very clear precursors that were not acted upon It reflected a basic lack of airplane level awareness It pointed out errors in basic design and certification philosophies There were catastrophic unintended effects April 28‚ 1988‚ Flight 243 was scheduled for several “Island-hopping” flights: First Officer conducted preflight inspection in darkness and noted nothing unusual Airplane

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    Aloha Flight 243 In the Aloha incident‚ Aloha Airlines flight 243 took off on a regularly scheduled flight departing Hilo and arriving in Honolulu airport. Aloha flight 243 was a Boeing 737 that had suffered from metal fatigue and flown well over the intended takeoff-landing hours. (Stoller‚ 2001) Flight 243 experienced an explosive decompression and structure failure at flight level 240. An 18 ft. long section of ceiling area of the fuselage from the forward passenger cabin had separated

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    ALOHA 243 ALOHA AIRLINES FLIGHT 243 ACCIDENT BY LEE‚ SHU TING ALOHA 243 Cause(s) of Accident The probable cause was identified as failure of the Aloha Airlines maintenance

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    equipment list provisions without fuel gauges‚ not properly trained on new metric fuel calculations‚ and not informing Captain Pearson fully on the problems with the fuel systems (Lockwood‚ 1985‚ p 36). One other big factor in this accident was a failure of communication. Air Canada held morning meetings to discuss major issues of the aircraft in its fleet. Only problem was these meetings are held only Monday thru Friday. Flight 143 was on Saturday. The cockpit was also crowded with a number of people

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    cancellation is $50‚000 Avg. cost of a return to gate is $15‚000 Avg. ground damage incident costs $70‚000 One airline estimates $75-$100 million/year is lost Airline Transport Association estimates that ground damage costs $850 million/yr CVTC Accidents w/ Maintenance Error American Airlines Flight 191 – 1979 Aloha Airlines Flight 243 – 1988 United Flight 232 – 1989 Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) Flight 532 – 1995 Air Alaska Flight 261 – 2000 Paul Wellstone (B100) crash – 2002 Spectrum Aeronautical

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    Aloha Products Inc. Introduction The purpose of our report is to provide our analysis‚ assessment‚ and recommendations related to Aloha Products (AP) and the current control systems for the manufacturing‚ marketing‚ and purchasing departments. Based on the case information‚ we believe the current implementation of measurements and controls do not best serve the current business strategy of AP. As a result‚ we have included recommended changes for the three departments that best align with AP’s business

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    Case 7-4 Aloha Products Question 1: Evaluate the current control systems for the manufacturing‚ marketing‚ and purchasing departments of Aloha Products From the case we can see that Aloha products has a centralized control system. What this means is that the main office or headquarters handled the purchasing‚ marketing and sales activities of each of the three plants. The problem with this was that the individual plant managers had no control over any of the major activities in their respective

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    Aloha Oe

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    Analysis of “ Aloha Oe” By Antonio Oliveros Aloha Oe is a short story written by American author John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney‚[1] January 12‚ 1876 – November 22‚ 1916). (Wikipedia‚ n.d.) The story is about the unfulfilled love due to societal and race differences between a 15 –year old socialite‚ Dorothy Sambrooke‚ the daughter of a U.S. senator Jeremy Sambrooke and Stephen Knight  (also referred as to “Steve” throughout most of the story) a 20‐year old boy Hawaii native

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