Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, registration N256AS, was an Embraer Brasilia aircraft that crashed near Carrollton, Georgia on August 21, 1995 while on a flight from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport in Gulfport, Mississippi. Nine of the 29 passengers and crew on board eventually died due to injuries suffered in the accident.
Questions :
1. What was the name of the flight and where it was destined to?
2. Was the flight late? If yes, by how much time?
3. What happened to the airplane when it was climbing to 24000 feet?
Questions :
1. What was the name of the flight and where it was destined to?
2. Was the flight late? If yes, by how much time?
3. What happened to the airplane when it was climbing to 24000 feet?
4. At what rate was the airplane falling?
5. What did the pilots decide to do after the controls went weak?
6. What did the pilot see, when he looked at the engine?
7. Where did the airplane crash land?
8. What were the results of the first investigation team?
9. What did the NTSB find in its investigation on the damaged propeller?
10. Finally, what was held responsible for the incident?
Answers :
1. The name of the flight was ASA 529 and it was destined to Gulf Port in Mississippi.
2. Yes, the flight was late by around 30 minutes.
3. When the airplane was climbing to 24000 feet, there was a blast in one of the engines.
4. The airplane was falling at a rate of 90 feet per second.
5. The pilot decided to head towards Atlanta for an emergency landing.
6. When pilot saw the airplane engine, he found it totally torn apart, but still hanging.
7. The airplane crash landed in an open field in a small village in Georgia.
8. The first investigation team held the manufacturers of propeller responsible for the accident.
9. NTSB found out a sanding mark on the inner surface of the propeller.
10. A wounded bird was held responsible for the whole loss.
SIGN UP