Story Lab Week 14.
Here is my story lab proof from twine. I am unfortunately still struggling to post the file for some reason. So my second best would be a proofing file. So here it is. The below story was created off of a real air disaster. This was created for my Aviation Ethics Class. When I figure out how to publish the HTML story. I will update this.
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GULF 072
It is August, 23, 2000.
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|cloaked2)[ You are a first officer and acting as Pilot Monitoring and your Captain is Pilot Flying. You are opperating Gulf Air A320 Flight GF072. The flight departed out of Cairo International and you are on approach to Bahrain International Airport. You are 5000 ft AGL recieving radar vectors for the approach ]
|cloaked3)[ATC: "Gulf Air 72 turn left heading 175."]
|cloaked4)[ [[Left 175 Gulf 72]] ]
|cloaked5)[ [[Right 175 Gulf 72]] ]
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{(live: 18s)[(show: ?cloaked5 )(stop:)]} The captain does not call for the checklist. The aircraft accelerates to 245kts.
[[Company requires that we start slowing to 215kts]]
[[There is no immediate risk, continue as is]]
[[Reach up and slow the plane with the power levers]] The captain appears a bit irritated but acknowledges that you are correct.
He calls for the Approach checklist. You notice the airspeed is 245kts, you need to be 150 by 3NM so you can safely make your approach.
[[Company requires that we start slowing to 215kts]]
[[There is no immediate risk, continue as is]] The Captain perks up, oh thank you. I zoned out for a second. Yes lets run the Approach Checklist.
You begin the checklist and notice the aircraft is 245ts.
[[Company requires that we start slowing to 215kts]]
[[There is no immediate risk, continue as is]] The aircraft does not slow down and the captain has not noticed the acceleration.
[[Company requires that we start slowing to 215kts]]
[[Reach up and slow the plane with the power levers]]
[[You have confidence in the Captain and continue to run the approach checklist]] The Captain slaps your hand back "What do you think you are doing... Approach Checklist."
You are 3.5NM from the FAP, you pull out the approach checklist.
You confirm that the Approach setting is active on the flight director and set correctly.
[[You see the speed is 225kts]] You look down at your PFD and see your airspeed...
[[You see the speed is 225kts.]] The captain turns in 175 on the Flight Director and the aircraft begins the turn. You are 5NM from the FDP.
The captain appears to be running behind and has not yet called for the approach checklist.
[[Give it a minute he will call for the approach checklist...]]
[[Captain you are forgetting the approach checklist!]]
[[You ready for the approach checklist?]] ATC: "Gulf 72 that was LEFT 175"
Apologies [[Left 175 Gulf 72]] The captain acknowledges your comment and pulls the power back and deploys the speed brakes to slow the aircraft.
The aircraft safeyly slows to 215kts.
The captain calls for flaps
[[You deploy the first flap]] The airspeed stays steady at 225kts. You are rapidly approaching the Final Approach fix. You need to make a decision now!
[[The captain has this undercontrol you say nothing]]
[[My Flight Controls!]]
[[The Company mandates we slow down, this is getting unsafe you are going to get us killed!]] [[You are 225kts at the final approach fix]] The Captain wrestles with you on the controls
[[You fight the Captains inputs]] It is too late to slow down now. The You pass through the glide slope and are 3 dots too high. The Captain continues the approch trying to reaquire the glideslope.
[[The Captain's efforts are not effective]] The Captain does not appreciate your attitude nor the way you approached saying that. The Captain tells you to be quiet and let him work. He continues the approach as is.
[[You are 225kts at the final approach fix]] You are not slowing fast enough. You reach the final approach fix with the flaps finally deployed. The Captain calls for the Gear.
[[You lower the landing gear]] The aircraft is still to fast and you pass through the Glideslope too high! The captain pulls the power levers all the way aft and pitches the nose down for the glideslope. The airspeed increases to 235kts.
[[The Captain's efforts are not effective]] The fight for the controls continues. The aircraft speeds up to 275kts in the process.
[[*WHOOP* *WHOOP* *TERRAIN PULL UP* *PULL UP*]] You and the Captain look up. It is too late. Gulf 72 crashes 5 miles short of the runway. In the process of wrestling for the controls the aircraft went into a nose dive and crashed short of the runway killing all souls aboard the aircraft. This incident could have been avoided.
[[Please read the Crash Report on Gulf 72 and write a one page paper on where the breakdown in CRM began and what could have been avoided to prevent the crash]]
Additionally please discuss why you selected this path and why you thought it was the appropriate action. The Captain without briefing you performs an un-authorized orbit to decrease altitiude. In the process the aircraft reaches 230kts.
[[You tell the Captain we need to execute the Missed Approach Procedure]]
[[You tell approach you are going missed]]
[[You are not sure what to do so you allow the Captain to continue]] The Captain brushes off your comment and ignores your input. The captain comes out of the orbit and levels off at minimums with the runway not in sight.
[[The Captain initiates a go-around without saying a word]] The Captain is frustrated but you forced his hand. He powers up and calls for flaps and gear up.
[[You raise the flaps and gear]] The captain comes out of the orbit and levels off at minimums with the runway not in sight.
[[The Captain initiates a go-around without saying a word]] The Captain begins to pitch the nose down. You are not sure why he is doing this but you allow him to continue.
[[*WHOOP* *WHOOP* *TERRAIN PULL UP* *PULL UP* *WHOOP* *WHOOP*]] Double-click this passage to edit it. Everything happened so fast. The Captain pitched the nose of Gulf 72 into the ocean. The Captain suffered a case of somotogravic illusion. The aircraft was in a safe climb. You and the Captain disregarded the audible warning system and continued into the ocean killing alll souls onboard the aircraft.
[[Please read the Crash Report on Gulf 72 and write a one page paper on where the breakdown in CRM began and what could have been avoided to prevent the crash]] GULF AIR flight GF072 crashed while on go-around in Bahrain international airport. On 23 August 2000, at about 1930 local time, Gulf Air flight GF-072, an Airbus A320-212, a Sultanate of Oman registered aircraft A40-EK, crashed at sea at about 3 miles north-east of Bahrain International Airport. GF-072 departed from Cairo International Airport, Egypt, with two pilots, six cabin crew and 135 passengers on board for Bahrain International Airport, Muharraq, Kingdom of Bahrain. GF-072 was operating a regularly scheduled international passenger service flight under the Convention on International Civil Aviation and the provisions of the Sultanate of Oman Civil Aviation Regulations Part 121 and was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan.
GF-072 was cleared for a VOR/DME approach for Runway 12 at Bahrain. At about one nautical mile from the touch down and at an altitude of about 600 feet, the flight crew requested for a left hand orbit, which was approved by the air traffic control (ATC). Having flown the orbit beyond the extended centreline on a south-westerly heading, the captain decided to go-around. Observing the manoeuvre, the ATC offered the radar vectors, which the flight crew accepted.
GF-072 initiated a go-around, applied take-off/go-around thrust, and crossed the runway on a north-easterly heading with a shallow climb to about 1000 feet. As the aircraft rapidly accelerated, the master warning sounded for flap over-speed.
A perceptual study, carried out as part of the investigation, indicated that during the go-around the flight crew probably experienced a form of spatial disorientation, which could have caused the captain to falsely perceive that the aircraft was ‘pitching up’.
He responded by making a ‘nose-down’ input, and, as a result, the aircraft commenced to descend.
The ground proximity warning system (GPWS) voice alarm sounded: “whoop, whoop pull-up …”.
The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces, and all 143 persons on board were killed.
The factors contributing to the above accident were identified as a combination of individual and systemic issues.
The individual factors during the approach and final phases of the flight were:
non-adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) by the captain;
the first officer not drawing the attention of the captain to the deviations of the aircraft from the standard flight parameters and profile;
the spatial disorientation and information overload experienced by the flight crew; and,
the non-effective response by the flight crew to the ground proximity warnings.
The systemic factors that could have led to these individual factors were:
a lack of a crew resources management (CRM) training programme;
inadequacy in some of the airline’s A320 flight crew training programmes;
problems in the airline’s flight data analysis system and flight safety department which were not functioning satisfactorily;
organisational and management issues within the airline; and
safety oversight factors by the regulator.
Any one of these systemic factors, by itself, was insufficient to cause a breakdown of the safety system. Such factors may often remain undetected within a system for a considerable period of time. When these latent conditions combine with local events and environmental circumstances, such as individual factors contributed by “front-line” operators or environmental factors, a system failure, such as an accident, may occur.
The investigation showed that no single factor was responsible for the accident to GF-072.
The accident was the result of a fatal combination of many contributory factors, both at the individual and systemic levels. All of these factors must be addressed to prevent such an accident happening again.
The airline has taken a number of post-accident safety initiatives to address some of these individual and systemic factors. The airline has reported that it is in the process of enhancing its flight crew training The aircraft begins to slow down.
The captain calls for flaps 3
[[You deploy the flaps to postion 3]] The Captain calls for the Landing gear which you do.
ATC Calls and tells you to contact tower.
[[Over to Tower GULF 072)]] "Baharain Tower GULF 072 on the ILS"
"GULF 072 you are cleared to land"
The Captain intercepts the glideslope and follows this all the way to minimums. This time on speed and on glideslope.
The Captain Safely lands the aircraft and taxis to the Gate.
[[Please read the Crash Report on Gulf 72 and write a one page paper on where the breakdown in CRM began and what could have been avoided to prevent the crash]]
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GULF 072
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