"Hello there viewers...Keiko here again...*Keiko proceeds to go and currently say this while she is also proceeding to go and traditionally bowing to the viewers as usual. To which Keiko then proceeds to go and bring both her attention and both of her brown eyes back up again, in order to go and continue to address the viewers. Keiko also now proceeds to go and briefly clear her throat, as Keiko then proceeds to currently go and continue, to properly address the viewers*...
Now then viewers, for this chapter I will once again be covering several more transportation related accidents in history...And for this particular chapter viewers as like the last one, we will be covering another three of them...
And each of them, as shown by the chapter title of this particular chapter, is going to be covering three aviation accidents, one of which was attributed in some way, to a case of 'misuse of an aircraft flaps and its slats'...
Another of which that was attributed in some way, to a case of 'a fatal stall protection system failure during a test flight'...
And finally another of which that was attributed in some way, to a case of 'improper maintenance leading to a severe windscreen failure and blow out in flight'...
Now then viewers, lets begin with the first of the three aviation accidents...
And for this one, we will start by going all the way back, to April 4, 1979...
And on this particular day...Trans World Airlines Flight 841...Which was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York City, to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, in Minneapolis. And on this particular day, the aircraft that was being used to operate the flight, was a Boeing 727-31...
And on board Flight 841, were 3 pilots, 4 flight attendants, and 82 passengers...
The captain of Flight 841, was 44 year old Harvey G. "Hoot" Gibson, who had logged a total of 15,710 piloting hours, 2,597 of them on the 727. And the day of this particular flight was when he had returned to flying following a three month medical leave...
The First Officer was 40 year old Jess Scott Kennedy, who had logged a total of 10,336 total piloting hours, 8,348 of them on the 727.
And the flight engineer was 37 year old Gary N. Banks, who had logged a total of 4,186 piloting hours, 1,186 of them on the 727 ...
And as for what wound up happening with regard to the incident that would wind up involving Flight 841?...
Well while Flight 841 was cruising at 39,000 feet near the city of Saginaw, Michigan, the plane wound up suddenly banking to the right, before then proceeding to yaw sharply to the right, while it then proceeded to briefly pause, before it then proceeded to go and yaw right yet again. Only for it to then proceed to go into a skidding right roll, and this was also while the autopilot was moving the control wheel to the left in an attempt to try and level the wings. And though Gibson did wind up disconnecting the autopilot and had then proceeded to go and quickly apply full left aileron, it wound having no effect. To which Captain Gibson then proceeded to go and quickly get on the rudder pedals and then went and applied full left rudder. But the roll just simply continued and the aircraft then proceeded to spiral out of control. And after completing one 360 degree roll, Gibson shouted to First Officer Kennedy to deploy the speed brakes. But the co-pilot didn't understand what the Captain meant. As Captain Gibson simply just wound up shouting to First Officer Kennedy to 'Get 'em up' which was Gibson stating to Kennedy to deploy them. But since Kennedy did not understand what Gibson meant, Captain Gibson wound up deploying them himself. But like the aileron and rudder, this also wound up having no effect...
So after Flight 841 had proceeded to drop 34,000 feet in just 63 seconds. In which during the course of the dive, Flight 841 wound up rolling through 360 degrees at least twice and wound up exceeding the Mach limit for the 727 airframe.
But thankfully, at about 15,000 feet, the pilots extended the landing gear in an attempt to slow the aircraft. And a few seconds after extending the gear, Gibson then managed to regain control and pulled the 727 out of its dive at about 5,000 feet. So in other words here viewers, Flight 841 came very close to disaster.
And after Flight 841 made an emergency landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Michigan at 10:31 p.m. All 89 people deplaned via the aft airstair and only eight passengers suffering minor injuries...
And as for the cause of the dive? Well apparently it was the pilots, or in this case as Flight Engineer Banks left the cockpit for a minute. This was when Captain Gibson and First Officer Kennedy, had proceeded to go and attempt to conduct a non sanctioned TWA procedure...
And as for what this entails? Well there was a little not so well known thing among some pilots, that if you pulled the circuit breaker for the flaps. While only extending the slats, you could not only save fuel, but you could also reduce drag. Which when Banks returned to the cockpit, and saw the flap circuit breaker pulled. He wound up pushing it back in, which in turn wound up causing the resulting dive...
And now viewers, we will be moving onto the second of the three aviation accidents of this chapter...And for this one, we will be going all the way back, to June 10, 1990...
And on this particular date British Airways Flight 5390, which at the time was being operated by a BAC One-Eleven 528FL...
And was operating from Birmingham Airport, in the United Kingdom to Málaga Airport, in Spain...
On this particular flight, were two pilots, 4 flight attendants, and 81 passengers..
The pilot-in-command of Flight 5390 was 42 year old Timothy Lancaster, who had logged 11,050 flight hours, including 1,075 hours on the BAC One-Eleven. And the co-pilot was 39 year old Alastair Aitchison, who had 7,500 flight hours, with 1,100 of them on the BAC One-Eleven...
And as for what wound up happening with Flight 5390? Well as Flight 5390 was climbing to its cruising altitude a loud bang occurred. To which the left windscreen panel, on Lancaster's side of the flight deck, had separated from the forward fuselage. Which had then resulted in Lancaster being propelled out of his seat by the rushing air from the decompression and forced headfirst out of the flight deck. And while his knees were caught on the flight controls, his upper torso remained outside the aircraft, which exposed him to extreme wind and cold. But thankfully, three flight attendants were able to hold onto Lancaster's belt, and were able to keep him from being sucked out completely...
And as for the cause of the windscreen coming off on Flight 5390? Well as it happens viewers, it was because of a lack of the proper amount of bolts that were supposed to secure the windscreen to the aircraft...
Which was why it wound up failing on Flight 5390...
And now viewers, we will be moving onto the third and final aviation accident of this chapter...And for this one, we will be a bit forward in time, to December 22, 1996...
And on this particular date, Airborne Express Flight 827. Which was a functional evaluation flight, or FEF. Of a Douglas DC-8 that had undergone a major modification...
On board Flight 827, were 6 crew members. Consisting of two captains, a flight engineer, and three aircraft technicians...
The captain who was the pilot monitoring was 48 year old Garth Avery, who had worked for Airborne Express since 1988 and had 8,087 flight hours, including 869 hours on the DC-8. He was seated in the right seat. Avery was also the airline's Boeing 767 flight manager as well as a flight instructor...
The captain who was the pilot flying, was 37 year old William "Keith" Leming, who had worked for Airborne Express since 1991 and had logged 8,426 flight hours, with 1,509 of them on the DC-8. He was seated in the left seat. Leming was the manager of Airborne Express' DC-8 flight standards, and had previously been a pilot for Trans World Airlines...
The flight engineer was 52 year old Terry Waelti who, like Captain Avery, had been with Airborne Express since 1988. Waelti had 7,928 flight hours, including 2,576 hours on the DC-8. He was also a DC-8 examiner designated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Waelti had previously served in the United States Air Force, and was one of the USAF's first flight engineers to be qualified on the Boeing E-4B...
The three technicians were 48 year old Edward Bruce Goettsch, 39 year old Kenneth Athey, and 36 year old Brian C. Scully. Goettsch and Athey both worked for Airborne Express, while Scully worked for TIMCO...
And as for the cause of the crash of Flight 827? Well as it happens viewers, as the crew were conducting a stall test of the DC-8s stall protection. Something mechanically wrong caused the stick shaker to not work properly. And when you also factor in that the aircraft had also picked up a slight bit of icing, this was what wound up causing the crew to pull back on the controls, which only wound up causing the DC-8s number three engine, to have an engine sure...
Which tragically in this case since this evaluation flight was being conducted in basically the pitch black of night. This wound up making the situation much much worse. As the aircraft wound up impacting into the East River Mountains in Narrows, Virginia...
And tragically the crash wound killing all six crew members on board instantly...
And finally viewers, though I have said this in many of these same chapters before...
I will once again reiterate, that I don't mean any sort of disrespect, to those whose lives were lost by either this tragedy, or those like it...
As the only reason why I am mentioning them in these fanfics, is to help preserve the legacy of those who were injured or killed in these tragedies...
And also, to make sure that those who lost people in these tragedies, have some sort of another way to remember their loved ones...
And now viewers, this now marks the end of this non action packed filler chapter...But you can look forward to things getting right back into the action in the next chapter...And so viewers, from me, Angel Bluebell, Zachary, Catherine, and everyone else in The Four Aces Alliance...We all look forward to seeing you lot in the next chapter...So viewers, see you all there, okay?...*Keiko proceeds to go and say this, while Keiko is also proceeding to go and smile with both of her brown eyes closed. And this is also while Keiko currently has her head tilted to one side, in her usual very cute looking manner as well*"