Simulation of the Tanjung Kupang Air Crash

The air crash at Tanjung Kupang, Johor on the 4th December 1977 was the first air accident for the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and the worst for Malaysia. A Boeing 737-200 with 100 passengers and crews was hijacked before it crashed. Evidences from the accident pointed to an interference of hijackers to...

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Main Author: Muhamad, Sallehuddin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:en
Published: 2006
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description The air crash at Tanjung Kupang, Johor on the 4th December 1977 was the first air accident for the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and the worst for Malaysia. A Boeing 737-200 with 100 passengers and crews was hijacked before it crashed. Evidences from the accident pointed to an interference of hijackers to the aircraft flight operation. Simulating the accident helped investigators to understand the probable cause of the accident. The Trajectory Reconstruction Method was used to obtain necessary data for the accident simulation. Result from the simulation indicated that the ill-fated aircraft experienced three steep pitch-down pitch-up movements before it stalled and crashed.
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spelling my.utm.eprints-3432010-06-01T02:43:24Z http://eprints.utm.my/343/ Simulation of the Tanjung Kupang Air Crash Muhamad, Sallehuddin TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics The air crash at Tanjung Kupang, Johor on the 4th December 1977 was the first air accident for the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and the worst for Malaysia. A Boeing 737-200 with 100 passengers and crews was hijacked before it crashed. Evidences from the accident pointed to an interference of hijackers to the aircraft flight operation. Simulating the accident helped investigators to understand the probable cause of the accident. The Trajectory Reconstruction Method was used to obtain necessary data for the accident simulation. Result from the simulation indicated that the ill-fated aircraft experienced three steep pitch-down pitch-up movements before it stalled and crashed. 2006-07 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/343/1/SallehuddinMuhamad2006_SimulationoftheTanjungKupang.pdf Muhamad, Sallehuddin (2006) Simulation of the Tanjung Kupang Air Crash. In: 1st Regional Conference on Vehicle Engineering & Technology, 3-5 July 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
spellingShingle TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Muhamad, Sallehuddin
Simulation of the Tanjung Kupang Air Crash
title Simulation of the Tanjung Kupang Air Crash
title_full Simulation of the Tanjung Kupang Air Crash
title_fullStr Simulation of the Tanjung Kupang Air Crash
title_full_unstemmed Simulation of the Tanjung Kupang Air Crash
title_short Simulation of the Tanjung Kupang Air Crash
title_sort simulation of the tanjung kupang air crash
topic TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
url http://eprints.utm.my/343/1/SallehuddinMuhamad2006_SimulationoftheTanjungKupang.pdf
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