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World War I Calamity: HMHS Britannic

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The night of 15 December 1916.The White star line Britannic is departing from Southampton to Limos island, just before world war 1. Britannic was the sister ship of titanic. But the real name was Hospital ship. There were a total of 260 passengers. The captain of the ship was Charles Alfred Bartlett.  The passengers boarded and the ship departed. While the ship was was sailing World war I had began and the ship was sailing in a thunder stormy night, Waves were splashing then the early morning of  21dec came.  Nearby a submarine was aiming a missile at the Britannic  but another ship was protecting the Britannic.  The ship fired at the submarine but it missed it. It fired at the ship, one of the crew fired at the missile and it  exploded. but the submarine fired again  and hit the Britannic.  The Britannic started sinking fast. The people started going to the life boats. Nurses were taking blankets to keep the passingers warm. A life boat was lowered, since the ship's propellers wer

Qantas flight 32

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4 November 2010 Qantas flight 32 is heeded for Sydney from London with a stop at Singapore airport. There are a total of 440 passengers and 29 crew. The plane is a airbus A380-842.  After the passengers had boarded the plane took off. 2 hours into the flight the plane was now over Bantam Island. 1 minute later one of the engine had exploded and oil started leaking.  The pilot immediately called the airport. They had to go back to Singapore airport so they turned back. They had to go back quickly because they didn't have much fuel. Part of the wing had got damaged.  People could see the wing damage and the pilot switched off the damaged engine. Finally the pilot could see the air port and contacted the control tower then they landed bumpily. The plane was still going very fast. The pilot immediately put on the brakes. The plane stopped with fuel leaking  on the runway. Fire trucks and ambulances came. The ground crew helped the people to get off the plane.  The plane was immediately

Helios flight 552

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14 August 2005 Helios airways flight 552 is departing to Prague  Czech Republic from Larnaca Cyprus with a stop at Athens Greece airport.   The pilots who were flying the plane were Hans-jurgen a 59 year old German and the first officer was Pampos Charalambous. The plane is a Boeing 737-31S. There are a total of 155 passengers and 6 crew.  When the plane was clear for take off , plane took off . 1hour later. oxygen masks fell because the cabin became de-pressurized because one of the doors wasn't closed properly. Everyone put on there masks. 2 minutes later everyone fainted including the pilot. But the plane was still in the air on auto pilot. Two fighter jets are on one side of the plane, they are watching as the plane is going. Then both fighter jets run out of fuel and go back. However two flight attendants are sill conscious. They are wearing proper masks. They get to the cockpit and take control. 3 minutes later the plane runs out of fuel. Both flight attendants are trying to

Air Asia 8501 Crash in Java

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AIR ASIA. 28 DECEMBER 2014 AIR ASIA flight 8501 is departing from Surabaya Indonesia to Changi airport Singapore. There are a total of 155 passengers and 7 crew. After the plane had fueled, the airbus A320 took of.  1hour later the plane was above the java sea it was it was almost early morning. People were excited to visit Singapore for the new year.  Just then the engines failed. At first the plane started to go left, it was like the plane was going upside-down. The pilot managed to get the plane straight. After the plane got straight, the engines failed. With a high speed the plane was falling out of the sky. Everyone started screaming. The plot said pull and both pilots were trying to make the plane not fall.  But it was to late. The plane crashed right into the java sea and the plane disappeared from control tower.  Coast guard were looking for survivors but found only floating pieces. Finally they reported that no one had survived the plane crash of air Asia The plane had mainten