Ariane 5 Rocket Disaster On the 4th of June 1996‚ around 40 seconds after initiation of the flight sequence‚ the maiden flight of the Ariane 5 Launcher ended in failure. An independent Inquiry Board was nominated to determine the cause of the launcher failure‚ and found that the inertial reference system (IRS) was the cause of this incident; a system error propagating through the control‚ commanding large corrections in altitude leading to the destruction of the vehicle. During the development of
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Disaster Strikes Hindenburg No More The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday‚ May 6‚ 1937‚ as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed. The source of how the fire started is till today being debated. The occupancy of the aircraft was 36 passengers and an additional 61 crew members . The fatalities of this disaster was totaled at 36 people‚ which included 13 passengers and 23 crewmen. This unpredictable tragedy sparked fear in people and in turn ending
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The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)‚ headed by the Prime Minister of India‚ is the Apex Body for Disaster Management in India. The setting up of the NDMA and the creation of an enabling environment for institutional mechanisms at the State and District levels is mandated by the Disaster Management Act‚ 2005. Contents [hide] • 1 Evolution of NDMA • 2 Roles and Responsibilities • 3 Organisation • 4 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Evolution of NDMA Emergence of an organization
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I vividly remember the day of the Challenger Disaster. I was five years old and in kindergarten. My teacher‚ Ms. Epton‚ brought us outside to watch the shuttle launch; something many kids have to watch on television‚ but those of us living on the coast got to witness firsthand. I remember seeing the fiery glow of the shuttle‚ the gasps by the adults‚ and quickly being hurried back into the classroom. Not much was said about what had happened‚ it was not until later that I fully understood. Space
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IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS ON GDP (RELATE TO THE GDP METHOD USED) Due to rising population‚ climate changes and environmental degradation‚ natural disasters is increasing in frequency. There are several factors which affect a country’s vulnerability to natural disasters; its geographic size‚ the type of disasters‚ the strength and structure of its economy and prevailing socioeconomic situation. Japan uses the expenditure method to measure national income. The expenditure include personal consumption
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world had yet seen. One might have thought it was a civilization destined to continue essentially unchanged for centuries. But that’s not what happened. In the 14th century‚ a series of disasters shook Western European civilization to its foundations‚ eventually forcing major changes in Europe. The first disaster to hit Europe was famine. Some of the agricultural success of the High Middle Ages had been due to improved weather conditions‚ what’s called the Medieval Warm Period (800-1300). Around
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster happened on February 1st‚ 2003‚ which broke on the way back to the Earth. All the astronauts‚ including two women died in this disaster. The reason why this disaster happened was a piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank which damaged the left wing of the shuttle. Even though some engineers of NASA had doubted that the left wing of shuttle had been damaged‚ the administration staffs restricted to
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Table of Contents Introduction 2 Key terms 2 What is the difference between disaster recovery and business continuity planning? 2 The Need for Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning and Management 3 The Phases of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning‚ Implementation‚ and Management 3 Types of Plans 3 Typical Contents of a BC/DR Plan 4 Benefits and Risks 4 Benefits 4 Risks 5 Conclusion 6 Introduction Every business and organization can experience a serious incident
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HIV AS A NATIONAL DISASTER IN KENYA The term ‘national disaster’ refers to the detrimental effect of a particular phenomenon whether natural or not which affects the population of a nation negatively in terms of loss of human lives or massive harm or injury to a large section of the population. In the year 1999‚ former president Daniel Arap Moi declared HIV/AIDS a national disaster in Kenya and called for the establishment of the National AIDS Control Council. HIV is a virus which causes progressive
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NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN Definitions A hazard can be defined as‚ “A potentially damaging physical event‚ phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury‚ property damage‚ social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins: natural (geological‚ hydrometeorological and biological); or induced by human processes (environmental degradation
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