Safety incident

It is stated aviación al día (2021), that an Air France flight bound for Paris-Charles de Gaulle,

returned to the point from where it had departed which was Beijing airport just 14 minutes after

it started its course where it had to make an emergency landing due to a technical malfunction,

in which a roar was heard and a black smoke appeared inside the plane.

This was caused by "A failure in the pneumatic system of the aircraft caused an over

pressurization in one of the air conditioning ducts, which spread debris and dust in the cabin"

(Air France, 2021, as quoted in Aviación al día, 2021).

Fortunately, there were no casualties in this safety incident, the aircraft was able to land

safely and the passengers were transferred to their destination.

It is said that ¨maintenance work will be carried out on the aircraft before it is returned to

service¨ (Air France,2021, as cited in Dw, 2021).

The aviation industry after the investigation was able to notice and learn from this incident

that no matter how many protocols and reviews are performed before a flight, always in the

course may occur situations like the ones mentioned above, so the aviation industry in general

must be prepared for anything that happens either in the air or when the plane is still on the

ground, here they made a quick decision to send an emergency landing order and mechanics

proceeded to repair the aircraft.

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Security incident

According to Mayerowitz, (2010) on January 6, 2010, the Oregon Air National Guard sent

two fighter jets after a passenger on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Maui refused to drop his carry-

on luggage and passed what was reported to be a disturbing and threatening note to a flight

attendant.

The flight had been in the air for 40 minutes and the pilot in command decided to report

something suspicious and immediately two fighter jets followed him back to Portland, due to the

situation that was occurring with the passenger during the flight, as it could endanger the lives

of other passengers and therefore the captain in command decided to return the plane to its

origin of departure; Where it landed and immediately and the authorities in charge of this type

of events removed the passenger and all other people were taken to their destination

(Mayerowitz, McCarthy, & Stark, 2010).

It is said that "the passenger, a 56-year-old man from Salem, Oregon, was eventually

released without charges after being questioned by the FBI" (Mayerowitz, 2010).

What the aviation industry after investigating and learning from this incident was that although

it was something that could have been more serious, but was nevertheless categorized as a low-

level incident, aviation authorities should always be aware of what the captain in command

communicates so that they can take the necessary actions quickly and safeguard the lives of

others.

Mayerowitz, S. (2010, January 6). Military scrambles jets because of unruly airline passenger. ABC
News. https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/military-scrambles-jets-passenger-makes-threats-hawaiian-
airlines/story?id=9496223
ABC News. (2010, January 6). List of security incidents grows: Airlines, airports on edge. ABC
News. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/airlines-airports-edge-list-security-incidents-grows/story?
id=9499648