Tag: accidents
MRI Accidents Explained: What Causes Deaths and Injuries in Scanners
MRI Accidents Explained: What Causes Deaths and Injuries in Scanners When serious accidents happen in magnetic resonance imaging scanners, it’s usually because people ignore one very important rule By Michaela Maya-Mrschtik Last month a man on Long Island died after he was pulled into a magnetic resonance imaging scanner by a large metal chain he…
Can AI Replace Air Traffic Controllers to Reduce Airline Accidents?
Can AI Replace Air Traffic Controllers? Tests in London and Singapore could reveal whether AI can improve the safety of air travel By Adrienne Bernhard edited by Mark Fischetti Airbus A340 at Heathrow airport. On January 29 a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington…
How Plane Accidents, like the DC Crash, Are Investigated
How Plane Accidents, like the DC Crash, Are Investigated The accident that resulted in a commercial airplane crashing into the Potomac yesterday will require air safety investigators to dig deep By Gary Stix edited by Dean Visser Emergency response units inspect airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport. A video camera…