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Question: Discuss about theAir Carriers for High Technology Systems. Answer: On 22nd May 2010, the Air India Express Flight 812 bound from Dubai to Mangalore overshot the runway while landing and hit the airport boundary fence and fell into the gorge. Due to error in planning descent profile properly, the incident occurred and it resulted in massive wreckage as the airline caught fire and 152 passengers and all 6 crew members died in the accident. Only 8 people survived the accident. Investigations also revealed that there was no sign of bird strike nor any sabotage (Belgaunkar, Govind). In terms of severity, the accident was the third deadliest aviation accident in India. The investigation reports on the case revealed that safety violation was the main cause of accident as plane landed 610 m beyond the actual touch down point. The accident could have been prevented if the pilot had applied manual braking at touchdown and did not attempted long landing. Other safety violations that occurred was that flight captain was in prolonged sleep during the flight lead ing to sleep inertia and impaired judgment. Secondly, the absence of the Mangalore Area Control Radar also contributed to the accident (Indian Air Force). Although passenger aircraft have strict safety requirement, however still safety provisions is violated by many airlines. This might occur due to ambiguity in giving instructions to the crew members regarding flight safety, crew resource management and poor judgment in emergency cases. There is less focus on taking proactive measures to address flight safety related issues too (Maurino, Daniel et al). Having an independent safety organization could have minimized such incidents. Link: https://dgca.nic.in/accident/reports/VT-AXV.pdf Reference Belgaunkar, Govind. "158 Killed As Plane Crashes At Mangalore." 2017, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/158-killed-as-plane-crashes-at-Mangalore/article16303394.ece. Indian Air Force 2017."Report On Accident To Air India Express." 2017, https://dgca.nic.in/accident/reports/VT-AXV.pdf. Maurino, Daniel E., et al.Beyond aviation human factors: Safety in high technology systems. Routledge, 2017.