Bulkhead (partition) — A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship. Other kinds of partition elements within a ship are decks and deckheads.EtymologyThe word bulki meant cargo in Old Norse. The Song Dynasty Chinese author Zhu Yu wrote of Chinese ships with… … Wikipedia
Japan Airlines Flight 123 — JA8119 on the runway at Osaka International Airport circa 1984 Accident summary Date … Wikipedia
Uncontrolled decompression — refers to an unplanned drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as an aircraft cabin and typically results from human error, material fatigue, engineering failure or impact causing a pressure vessel to vent into its lower pressure… … Wikipedia
Fuselage — of a Boeing 737 shown in brown The fuselage (pronounced /ˈfjuːzəlɑːʒ/; from the French fuselé spindle shaped ) is an aircraft s main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. In single engine aircraft it will usually contain an… … Wikipedia
Aircraft flight control systems — consist of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft s direction in flight. Aircraft engine controls are also considered as flight controls as they … Wikipedia
Douglas DC-8 — DC 8 redirects here. For the earlier, never built piston engined airplane, see Douglas DC 8 (piston airliner). DC 8 … Wikipedia
US Airways Flight 1549 — The downed US Airways Flight 1549 floating on the Hudson River Accident summary Date … Wikipedia
List of Mayday episodes — Mayday, also known as Air Crash Investigation(s) in the United Kingdom, Australia and Asia and Air Emergency and Air Disasters in the United States, is a Canadian documentary television program produced by Cineflix investigating air crashes, near … Wikipedia
Channel wing — aircraft CCW 5 The channel wing is an aircraft wing principle developed by Willard Ray Custer in the 1920s. The most important part of the wing consists of a half tube with an engine placed in the middle, driving a propeller placed at the rear… … Wikipedia
Empennage — thumb|350px|Various empennage arrangements: 1. Horizontal stabilizers on top of single vertical stabilizer 2.Ruddervators 3.Horizontal stabilizers placed midway up vertical stabilizer 4. Double fins connected to fuselage by horizontal stabilizer… … Wikipedia
