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    forcing high school students to interact with each other and have face to face conversations‚ rather than focusing on their technological devices all week. According to Sherry Turkle‚ this obsession with technology is a real problem. In her essay “The Flight from Conversation” first published in the New York Times on April 22‚ 2012‚ she argues that current technology has hindered society’s ability to communicate with and understand each other. She makes her argument effective by personally connecting

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    Malaysia Airlines’ Flight 370 Disappearance Have you ever pondered about a plane disappearing in the 21st century and not being able to find it? On March 8th‚ 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared. The plane was scheduled to take off from Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia and to land in Beijing‚ China. The flight held 227 passengers and 12 crew members. It is said that Flight 370 lost contact with air traffic control after less than an hour of flying. A couple hours later the flight was announced missing

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    On June 1‚ 2009‚ Air France took flight heading toward Paris‚ France when all of a sudden the plane came down into the Atlantic Ocean. Air France reaches 38‚ 000 feet‚ but soon after falling 11‚ 000 feet per minute it soon falls 38‚ 000 feel in three minutes and thirty seconds into the Atlantic Ocean which is approximately 570 miles NE of Natal‚ Brazil. Air France Flight 447 were precipitated by speed sensors iced over‚ stall warnings‚ and thunderstorms causing hail. Speed sensors are machines

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    The Accident On November 12‚ 1995‚ an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 type passenger aircraft‚ which was operating as Flight 1572‚ departed from Chicago O’Hare International (ORD); however‚ the aircraft got substantially damaged due to impact to the top of oak trees on Peak Mountain Ridge in East Granby‚ Connecticut. The aircraft also hit the Instrument Landing System (ILS) localizer antenna‚ which was on its way to Runway 15 of Bradley International Airport (BDL). The aircraft‚ lastly

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    Air Canada Flight 143 the Gimli Glider Accident Jennifer C. McCarthy Abstract Air Canada Flight 143 the Gimli Glider Accident Saturday morning‚ July 23‚ 1983‚ Captain Weir makes the flight to Montreal‚ Canada with no malfunctions. Once landed Captain Weir and Captain Pearson do an aircraft turnover with each other. Captain Pearson is now in charge and has the idea the aircraft has to be drip checked due to the fuel gauges being inoperative. While sitting in Montreal‚ a certified avionics

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    A big pattern that takes place in Flight by Sherman Alexie is continual self destruction. Zits has had a traumatic childhood. His father left him and his mother died. Also‚ he has been in 21 foster homes‚ each one worse than the last. He has so many feelings built up inside of him‚ many feelings of shame‚ failure‚ and hatred for those who hurt him. As a result‚ he reacts in the only way he knows how‚ with violence. In Chapter Two‚ Zits shoves his foster mother and runs off while still being aware

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    Case Study Analysis Activity Title: Name: Date: Cause(s) of Accident The probable cause to the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 is the asymmetrical stall and the ensuing roll of the aircraft due to the un-commanded retraction of the left wing outboard leading edge slats and the loss of stall warning and slat disagreement indication systems‚ resulting from maintenance-induced damage leading to the separation of the number one engine and pylon assembly at a critical point during take-off

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    United Airlines Flight 232 On July 19‚ 1989‚ a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 operated by United Airlines experienced a catastrophic failure of the number 2 tail-mounted engine during cruise flight. The catastrophic failure led to engine debris severing all three flight control hydraulic lines resulting in total hydraulic loss. The pilots were subsequently unable to control the airplane‚ except by manipulation of the throttles to vary engine thrust‚ resulting in a crash landing. The NTSB determined

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    Application For the Air France Flight 447 disaster‚ Stone et al. [17] described this problem and analyzed the results of this analysis. The analysis shows that all impact points are contained within a 20 nautical mile radius circle from the point at which the emergency situation began. The results of this analysis are represented by a second distribution which is circular normal with center at the last known position. One of the important advantages of circular normal distribution is that sensitive

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    I was not able to actually interview anybody for this project. My grandmother lived through WW2 but she was not old enough to remember any stories‚ details‚ or feelings. So‚ I decided to use Honor Flight Oral Stories website‚ and I was able to watch five videos. The videos I watched were of Karl and Helen Norton‚ Clarence “Bud” Schick‚ Edward Davis‚ Charlie Smith‚ and James Gau. I found the stories that these people told very interesting. Karl and Helen Norton met during the war and eventually

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