Scientific disasters due to Errors in Calculations
Approval and Reduced fatalities
The design
- provided relatively larger space for the jets waiting to take off.
- proved to be greatly beneficial in the reducing risk of crashing planes.
- more chances
- simultaneous take off and landing of jets
References
- Http: //www.cracked.com. (2012)6 Small Math Errors That Caused Huge Disasters [Online] Available from: http://www.cracked.com/article_19623_6-small-math-errors-that-caused-huge-disasters.html.
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- Https: //www.usnwc.edu (no date) The Development of the Angled-Deck Aircraft Craft Carrier [Online] Available from: https://www.usnwc.edu/getattachment/afe51317-dabb-4379-b802-79eb1d9815fc/The-Development-of-the-Angled-Deck-Aircraft-Carrier. [Accessed: 24th May 2015]
- Http: //en.wikipedia.org (2009) History of the aircraft carrier [Online] Available from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_aircraft_carrier [Accessed: 24th May 2015]
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The Aircraft Carriers of World War II
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The Fault
Captain Dennis Cambell of the Royal Navy (UK) along with creative engineer Lewis Boddington presented the idea of an angled deck on the 7th of August 1951 in a meeting of naval officers and technical experts.
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