"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 two aviation accidents, both of which were attributed to a case of 'Wrong Runway Takeoffs'...
And the final one viewers, is going to be another air accident that was attributed to a case of 'An Engine Failure Leading To An In-Flight Upset'...
..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 August 27, 2006...
And on this particular day back in...Comair Flight 5191...Which was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia. And on this particular day, the aircraft that was being used to operate the flight, was a Bombardier CRJ100ER...
And on board Flight 5191, were two pilots, and one flight attendants, and 47 passengers...
The Captain was 35-year old Jeffrey Clay. He had 4,710 flight hours, including 3,082 hours on the CRJ100...
The first officer was 44-year-old James Polehinke. And prior to his employment by Comair, Polehinke had worked for Gulfstream International Airlines as a captain on the Beechcraft 1900. And as for his flight hours, he had 6,564 flight hours, including 940 hours as a pilot in command and 3,564 hours on the CRJ100...
And as for what wound up happening with regard to the crash that would result involving Flight 5191?...
Well interestingly enough, as the aircraft was cleared for takeoff on Runway 22, which was supposed to be the runway that Flight 5191 was supposed to take off from...
But tragically, Flight 5191 instead wound up taking off from Runway 26. Which at the time of this accident, was closed and wasn't lit...
So in other words viewers, Flight 5191 wound up taking off from the wrong runway...
And sadly, just as Clay called for rotation, Flight 5191 wound up reaching the end of Runway 26 before it could become airborne. It then struck a low earthen wall adjacent to a ditch, briefly leaving the ground. To which it then clipped the airport perimeter fence with its landing gear and smashed into trees. Which wound up separating the fuselage and flight deck from the tail. As the aircraft then struck the ground about 1,000 feet from the end of the runway. With the resulting fire destroying the aircraft...
And out of all 47 passengers and 3 crew members, first officer James Polehinke was the only survivor of the crash of Comair Flight 5191...
While the remaining 47 passengers and 2 crew members, died in the crash...
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, 2000...
And on this particular date Singapore Airlines Flight 006, which at the time was being operated by a Boeing 747-412...
And was operating from Singapore Changi Airport in Taiwan, to Los Angeles International Airport via a stopover Chiang Kai-shek International Airport. Or what is now known as Taoyuan International Airport, near Taipei, Taiwan...
On this particular flight, were three pilots, and 17 flight attendants, and 159 passengers...
The pilot-in-command of the aircraft was 41 year old Captain Foong Chee Kong. He was an experienced pilot with a total of 11,235 flight hours, of which 2,017 were logged on the Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The co-pilot, was 36 year old First Officer Cyrano Latiff. Who had logged 2,442 total flight hours, including 552 hours on the Boeing 747-400. And the third and non-operating crew member for this flight was a relief pilot. Which was 38 year old First Officer Ng Kheng Leng, with about 5,508 total flight hours, including 4,518 hours on the Boeing 747-400....
And sadly, as similar to that of Comair Flight 5191. Flight 006 wound up taking off from the wrong runway...
As Flight 006 was supposed to takeoff from Runway 5L, but it instead wound up taking off from Runway 5R instead. Which at the time, had been closed for construction, and as a result had construction equipment on it...
And because visibility was poor. As Taiwan had been experiencing a typhoon at the time of the accident. The pilots did not see the construction equipment on Runway 5R until it was far too late...
As about 41 seconds after applying full throttle, Flight 006 collided with the machinery and broke into three major pieces. The fuselage was torn in two, and the engines and landing gear wound up separating. A crane also wound up tearing the left wing from the aircraft, forcing the aircraft back onto the ground. The nose also struck a scoop loader, which wound up causing a large fire, which destroyed the forward section of the fuselage and the wings...
And as a result of the crash, 77 of the 159 passengers and four of 20 crew members died at the site of the accident. With two more dying later at hospital from their injuries. Bring the death toll to 83. And many of the dead were seated in the middle section of the aircraft. In which the fuel that had been stored in the wings had exploded and thus wound up incinerating that section. And the moral of this accident viewers as well as Comair Flight 5191, is to always make sure that you are on the correct runway...
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 February 19, 1985...
And on this particular date, China Airlines Flight 006 was operating a non-stop international passenger flight from Taipei to Los Angeles International Airport. The aircraft being used to operate China Airlines Flight 006 at the time of this incident, was a Boeing 747SP...
And on board Flight 006, the aircraft was carrying 5 pilots, 18 flight attendants, and 251 passengers...
The cockpit crew consisted of Captain Min-Yuan Ho, age 55, First Officer Ju-Yue Chang, age 53, Flight Engineer Kuo-Pin Wei, age 55, Relief Captain Chien-Yuan Liao, age 53, and Relief Flight Engineer Shih-Lung Su, age 41. Captain Ho had approximately 15,500 flight hours, including 3,748 hours on the Boeing 747. First Officer Chang had more than 7,700 hours with 4,553 of them on the Boeing 747, and Flight Engineer Wei had approximately 15,500 hours of flight time, including 4,363 hours on the Boeing 747...
And as for the cause of the in-flight upset of China Airlines Flight 006? Well, the sequence first began with a loss of thrust in the number 4 engine. Which interestingly enough, this engine had failed twice during previous flight, while cruising at 41,000 ft and 43,000 ft. And in each of those cases, the engine was restarted after descending to a lower altitude. The maintenance response to the logbook entries that had noted the attempted solutions included engine inspection, fuel filter drainage and replacement, vane controller inspection and replacement, water drainage from Mach probes, and other filter replacements. But none of these acts wound up fixing the recurrent problem with the number 4 engine....
And after Flight had wound up rapidly descending 30,000 ft in under two-and-a-half minutes. In which all onboard experienced g-forces as high as 5 g. And with pieces of the aircraft also being ripped off as a result of the high speed dive. With the landing gear doors being torn off, as well as pieces of Flight 006s horizontal stabilizer. The crew managed to bring the aircraft back under control, and then divert to land at San Francisco...
And as for the cause of the temporary loss of the number 4 engine? Well as it turned out, a simple bleed valve in the number 4 engine. Had resulted in the engine losing its thrust and flaming out on two previous flights. Or in this case, what is known as a 'Hung Engine'...
And thankfully, no one on board China Airlines Flight 006 was killed. And only 24 people wound up injured as a result of the high speed and 5 g dive...
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 currently has her head tilted to one side, in her usual very cute looking manner as well*"