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Swiss Air 111
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Results For The Future Of Aviation
Crash of the Swissair Flight 111
From New York to Geneva
General Information
Urs Zimmermann
General Information
2. September 1998
McDonnell MD-11
229 people died (215 passengers and 14 crew members)
Pilot: Urs Zimmermann (49 years old)
Co-Pilot: Stephan Löw (36 years old)
Flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in
New York City, United States, to Cointrin
International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland
Stephan Löw
Urs Zimmermann (49)
Pilot of Swiss Air 111
† 2nd September 1998
Stephan Löw (36)
Co-Pilot of Swiss Air 111
† 2nd September 1998
Flight Process
The Course
Flight Process
Start as planned
After 52 minutes the pilots smell something unusual
A few minutes later smoke appeared in the cockpit
The airport Halifax got prepared for an emergency landing and the pilots began to descent
They had to reduce their height
The pilots dump the fuel over the ocean
The Fire Extinguisher
The Crash
Flight Process
The pilots start the safety measures and
turn off the cabin main current switch
Smoke and fire start to appear in the cockpit
The pilots report emergency at the airport
Radio contact was lost
The flight controllers noticed, that the plane turns back in the direction of the ocean.
The plane disappears from radar 9 kilometers in front of the coast
The Last Minutes
The Crash
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The Fire Extinguisher
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The Course
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Recovery
Result Of The
Investigation
Length: 4 years
Costs: 39 million dollar
4000 people were involved in the recovery of the plane
Leading: Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Others: American and Swiss flight security
Several thousands of parts had to be recovered, most of them from the ocean floor (55m)
126,5 tons (98% of the plane) could be recovered in 15 months
Both of the data recorders could be recovered
Air Accident
Investigation
Result Of The
Investigation
Result Of The Investigation
27th March 2003 the TSB (Transportation Safety Board of Canada) published the final report of the investigation
A broken isolation of a copper cable caused a short circuit behind the cockpit fairing
The short circuit caused insulating material to burn
The fire could expand unnoticed in the cable area
Result Of The Investigation
The air flow from the air conditioning sucked the fire away from the cockpit
Pilots turned the air conditioning off
the air flow disappeared and the flames could expand into the cockpit
The autopilot failed first
more and more other instruments failed and finally also the steering
The whole cockpit was on fire
Results For The Future Of Aviation
Result Of The
Investigation
Material MPET got banned in most countries, because it´s high inflammable.
Inspection and replacement of actions when unknown smoke is detected in the cockpit.