"Hello there viewers...Keiko here again...*Keiko proceeds to go and say this while traditionally bowing to the viewers as usual. To which Keiko then proceeds to go and bring her attention and eyesight 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 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 one aviation accident, that was attributed to a case of 'Atmospheric Icing Leading To An Aileron Runaway'...
Another, will be attributed to a 'Maintenance Error Leading To An Aileron Reversal'...
And the final one viewers, which is another air accident that was attributed to a case of 'Engine Failure On Takeoff Due To A Fatigue Crack Leading To A Stall And CFIT' so too speak...
...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 November 11, 2018...
And on this particular day back in...Air Astana Flight 1388...Which was a repositioning flight from Lisbon to Almaty, with a refueling stop in Minsk. And shortly after takeoff, it wound experiencing severe control issues. Now because this was a repositioning flight, there were no paying revenue passengers on board the Embraer 190LR...
But on board Flight 1388, were three pilots, and three company mechanics...
The Captain was 40 year old Vyacheslav Aushev, The First Officer was 32 year old Bauyrzhan Karasholakov, and finally the relief First Officer was 26 year old Sergey Sokolov, who sat in the jump seat. And finally there were the three aforementioned company mechanics on board as well...
And as for what wound up happening with regard to the control issues that occurred shortly after takeoff? Well as it turned out, maintenance had been performed on Flight 1388...
This wound up including replacing several of the planes aileron control cables. And the reason as to to why I am mentioning this, is because the aileron control cables had been installed backwards...
So in other words viewers, the ailerons wound up reversed. Think of it when you are driving a car, and you turn the wheel to the left but the car instead winds up going to the right...
That is what this crew was faced with, what is known as 'Aileron Reversal'...
But thankfully, despite the two long hours of severe control issues while flight 1388 was struggling to return to the airport...
The crew managed to overcome the control issues, and wound up landing safely at Beja Airbase after two failed landing attempts...
And the only injury on board was a non serious injury to one of the company mechanics...
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 October 31, 1994...
And on this particular date American Eagle Flight 4184, which at the time was being operated by an ATR 72-212...
And was operating from Indianapolis International Airport, in Indianapolis, Indiana, over to O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago, Illinois...
On this particular flight, were two pilots, and two flight attendants. And on board with the 4 crew, were 64 passengers...
The captain of Flight 4184 was 29 year old Orlando Aguilar. He was an experienced pilot with almost 8,500 hours of flight time, including 1,548 hours in the ATR. Colleagues described Aguilar's flying skills in positive terms and had commented on the relaxed cockpit atmosphere that he promoted...
The first officer was 30 year old Jeffrey Gagliano. His colleagues had also considered him to be a competent pilot, and he had accumulated more than 5,300 flight hours, including 3,657 hours in the ATR...
And sadly, as Flight 4184 was in a holding pattern near its destination. The airplane suddenly began descending through 9,130 feet, with the Angle Of Attack increasing through 5 degrees, as the ailerons began deflecting to a right-wing-down position. About half a second later, the ailerons rapidly deflected to 13.43 degrees right wing down, and the autopilot disconnected. And the CVR or Cockpit Voice Recorder, recorded the sounds of the autopilot disconnect warning. The airplane then began to roll rapidly to the right, and the pitch attitude and Angle Of Attack began to decrease...
Unfortunately five seconds later, as the airplane rolled back to the left through 59 degrees right wing down, the Angle Of Attack increased again through 5 degrees and the ailerons again deflected rapidly to a right wing down position...
So in other words viewers, Flight 4184 essentially did a sort of descending barrel roll...
And as the airplane rolled through 120 degrees, the captain's nose-up control column force decreased below 22 pounds, and the first officer's nose-up control column force exceeded 22 pounds just after the airplane rolled through the inverted position. And throughout this roll, the data recorder showed that the first officer was sustaining nose-up elevator inputs...
But sadly, the crew of Flight 4184 did not have enough altitude to recover...
And the airplane wound up impacting a wet soybean field in Lincoln Township, Newton County, Indiana, partially inverted, in a nose down, left-wing-low attitude. The high speed impact killing all 68 passengers and crew on board instantly...
And as for the cause of the crash of Flight 4184? Well it was a case of icing, that lead to what is known, as an 'Aileron Runaway'...
And now viewers, we will be moving onto the third and final aviation accident of this chapter...And for this one, we will be going back, to March 6, 2003...
And on this particular date, Air Algérie Flight 6289 was operating domestic passenger flight from Tamanrasset to the nation's capital of Algiers with a stopover in Ghardaïa...
The aircraft operating the flight was a Boeing 737-200 series...
And on this flight, the aircraft was carrying 2 pilots, 4 flight attendants, and ninety seven passengers and 6 crew members...
The captain, was 48 year old Boualem Benaouicha, who had accumulated a total of 10,760 hours of flight experience, including 1,087 hours on the Boeing 737-200 as captain. And he had obtained his license to fly a Boeing 737 in 2001. The first officer, was 44 year old Fatima Yousfi, who had accumulated a total of 5,219 flight hours, including 1,292 hours on the Boeing 737-200. And according to Algerian French-language newspaper Liberté, she was a sister of Algerian government official Youcef Yousfi...
But sadly shortly after, a fatigue crack in at least two of the left hand number one engines nozzle guide vanes, wound up suffering a catastrophic failure. Which not only wound up causing an explosion, but it also wound up sending engine fan blade debris out of the back of the engine. Or what is called 'Engine Shelling'...
And the explosion was in fact so loud, that it could be heard by workers in Tamanrasset's air traffic control tower and other witnesses in the area. Debris was seen dropping onto the runway. Which in this case, was the aforementioned blade debris that was shot out of the back of the left hand number one engine...
The aircraft continued to climb with its landing gear still extended, reaching a maximum height of around 400 ft...
But this was then quickly followed by the airspeed significantly dropped from 160 knots, all the way down to its stall speed...
And tragically, it descended with its nose in up position and eventually crashed onto a field, and wound up striking the ground on its right side and then wound up bursting into flames. The wreckage then slid across the ground and struck the airport's perimeter fence, crossed a road and then finally came to rest...
The impact and the fire that had erupted due to the crash, immediately wound up killing 102 of the 103 people on board Flight 6289...
The cockpit occupants, including the captain, first officer, and the chief attendant, were killed due to the impact. The rest of the occupants were killed due to the massive explosion that had been caused by the crash...
But despite all of this, there was a single survivor. They were seated in the last row of the aircraft, and unlike the rest of those on board Flight 6289, they were not wearing their seat belt when the plane had crashed. And as a result, they were ejected from the plane upon impact, escaping from the accident. Which makes them the sole survivor of the crash of Flight 6289...
And as for the cause of the crash of Flight 6289? Well it was a combination of the left hand engine failing on takeoff due to the failure of at least two of the nozzle guide vanes. As well as several other factors, one of which was 'Pilot Error'...
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 has her head tilted to one side, in her usual very cute looking manner as well*"