Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 was a commercial airline flight that flew from Jackson, Mississippi to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Pilot error (sometimes called cockpit error) is a term used to describe the cause of a crash of an airworthy Aircraft where the pilot is considered to be principally WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Delta Air Lines Inc ( is a United States Airline based and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. An aircraft registration is a unique Alphanumeric string that identifies an Aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile Salt Lake City International Airport is a major public Airport in Utah. Salt Lake City International Airport is a major public Airport in Utah. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U On August 31, 1988, Flight 1141 crashed after takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)

Two cabin crew members (out of four) and twelve of the 101 passengers on board lost their lives: a total of 14 deaths. One passenger, who sat in 29C and had exited the aircraft through the aft break in the left side of the fuselage [1] (Pg. 37), attempted to re-enter the aircraft, became burned, and died 11 days later [2] (Pg. 11).

Two flight crew members, two cabin crew members, and 22 passengers were seriously injured. One flight crew member and 49 passengers received minor injuries. 18 passengers received no injuries [3].

On this occasion, the aircraft was a Boeing 727 Advanced, registration number N473DA. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout It was delivered in 1973, the 992nd Boeing 727 to be delivered.

Seating chart for Flight 1141 including occupant survival and route of egress if known

Two facts were primarily blamed for the incident: The crew had not ensured that the wing's flaps and slats were properly positioned for take-off, and the plane's takeoff warning horn, designed to alert the crew if the engines are throttled to take-off power without the flaps and slats being correctly set, was not operating correctly. The airplane did not gain sufficient speed to climb in a flaps and slats retracted condition, causing a loss of lift and subsequent collision with equipment pertaining to the ILS (instrument landing system) at the departure end of the runway.

In an unexpected sequel to the investigation, the broadcast of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) by the media demonstrating why the crew mistakenly mispositioned the flaps, provoked such an outcry by pilots, that subsequent releases of CVR data are protected by law and are carefully vetted by the NTSB. A Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR is a Flight recorder used to record the audio environment in the flightdeck of an aircraft for the purpose of investigation of accidents and incidents The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB is an independent U FAA regulations require a sterile cockpit before takeoff. The Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of The Sterile Cockpit Rule is an FAA regulation requiring pilots to refrain from non-essential activities during critical phases of flight One such notable accident was Eastern This means there is to be no conversation outside of talk pertaining to the plane and pending flight. (For example, reviewing Pre-Takeoff checklists. ) The CVR tapes recorded extensive talk about the CVR itself and how on Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crew discussions were recorded about the dating habits of the flight attendants. Continental Airlines Flight 1713, a Douglas Aircraft DC-9-14 aircraft departed from Denver en route to Boise but crashed on take-off

See also

• List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners

References

1. ^ Aircraft Accident Report—Delta Air Lines, Inc.; Boeing 727-232, N473DA; Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas; August 31, 1988, NTSB, 1989, AAR-89/04, <http://amelia.db.erau.edu/reports/ntsb/aar/AAR89-04.pdf> 

External links

• Air Disaster page on Flight 1141
• Cockpit Voice Recording from 1141
• The crash of Flight 1141/Crash resurrects memories of 1985