Saturday, November 2, 2024

A tough disaster to discover the cause - falling to the runway of flight 38 Being 777 while landing, evidence disappears

It is about getting better...

A Boeing 777 flight from Beijing to London Heaththrow litterall fell in its landing.  Both engines lost power.  The air incident investigators were at a loss finding the cause of the crash.   Everything in the flight from the flight data recorder seemed to be 100% A.  OK

The AIIB of British Airways listed nearly a dozen possible causes but could not find any.

Then they though of things aoutside of the box -  ice.  But they still could not find any scenario that caused fuel blockage when the plane flew at subzero temperature as it happens when a plane flies in such cold routes ie Beijing to UK.   They were able to duplicate the event when suddenly there was sudden demand for power.    Ice thast had accumullated in the fuel pipes suddenly rushed to the openings of the heat exchanger that blocked fuel flow. 

Solved


Lateral thinking - stop rescuing, start preventing

It is about getting better...

The focus of NDRRMC has been on rescue.   Relief and rescue operations.

Why not practice lateral thinking.    Dont think of rescue.  Think of preventing events to be one of rescue.  Think of measures to prevent disaster from happening:

    1.  After receiving news of a typhoon,
         1.  Evacuate the residents to high less flood prone areas
         2.  Prepare the rescue boats dinghies  and food stuff, water

    2.  Better still remove the residents from geohazard.   We cant do this because it entails political risk

    3.  Install flood mitigating measures:     soaking gardens, flood plains, giant cistern, gates vs tides and
         storm surges. 

We know of one company who solved its collection problems by not collecting.  No more collectors going house to house who were being robbed or embezzling collection.  How?  They put up a sister collection company who also makes money from collecting other company's receivable.   Bayad Center.  Solved