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Crew Resource Management and life

October 20, 2026 / GSamukulu / Leave a comment

In this blog, I attempt to write about the concept of Crew Resource Management (CRM), a training pilots are mandated to take. Why is CRM so important and can it have any significance to us people who do not fly planes?

The story of Air France 447

June 26, 2026 / GSamukulu / Leave a comment

Air France 447 was an accident in June 2009. The sequence of events leading to have led to the accident is believed to have began when a pitot tube - a small tube that helps in measuring a plane's speed - froze. Are there any lessons here?

The story of JAL 123

April 27, 2026April 27, 2026 / GSamukulu / Leave a comment

The pilots of JAL 123 did everything they could to save their plane. They still crashed. This is how cruel life can be sometimes - you do everything right but things still go awry. Is there someone out there who sees and cares

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