What was the airline of the DC-10 that crashed into Mt. Erebus in Antarctica on November 28, 1979?
A. Air New Zealand
B. American Airlines
C. British Airways
D. Lufthansa
On which airport occured the world's deadliest air disaster between two commercial aircraft?
A. Gran Canaria
B. Lanzarote
C. Tenerife
D. Madrid
On December 21, 1988, a Pan Am B747 was brought down by a bomb hidden in a portable radio transistor over Lockerbie, Scotland. What was the flight number?
A. PA101
B. PA103
C. PA123
D. PA174
Mid-air collisions are the nightmare of every air traffic controller. Complete the sentence in this famous Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR):
- Tower, we've going down, this is ______
- Okay, we'll call the equipment for you.
A. flight 611
B. TWA 800
C. USAir 172
D. PSA
On July 19, 1989, a DC-10 with loss of all hydraulic systems attempted an emergency landing at which airport?
A. Atlanta
B. Sioux City
C. Bakersfield
D. Des Moines
Air crashes are the best way to make bad publicity for not-well-known but fast-growing airlines. Which airline was brought to shameful fame on January 13, 1982 because of an air crash from Washington National airport?
A. Allegheny
B. Air Florida
C. Northeast
D. Oceanair
True or False: It was a Boeing 737 that lost part of a fuselage over Hawaii on April 28, 1988.
A. True
B. False
One of the most controversial air crash issues is TWA 800. The plane left New York JFK airport bound for...
A. Los Angeles
B. London
C. Paris
On May 25, 1979, a DC-10 crashed at Chicago O'Hare airport after it dropped one of the engines. One famous trademark was an amateur photograph of the DC-10 flying upside down with the terminal in front. What was the airline?
A. American Airlines
B. Northwest Orient
C. THY
D. United Airlines
Now a knowledge question: in case of a major problem on the aircraft, what frequency is the pilot supposed to set on the transponder?
