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Swiftair Flight 5960
Swiftair Flight 5960 (operating as European Air Transport Leipzig Flight 18D) was an international cargo flight that crashed early in the morning on 25 November 2024 while on final approach to Vilnius Airport. The aircraft, flying from Leipzig/Halle Airport in Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania, crashed into the ground short of the runway and came to a stop near a two-story house in Liepkalnis. The captain was killed in the accident and the other three were injured. No one on the ground was injured. Background Aircraft The aircraft involved was a 31 years old Boeing 737 Classic#737-400SF, Boeing 737-400SF registered as EC-MFE. It was powered by two CFM International CFM56, CFM International CFM56-3C1 engines. It was operated by Swiftair on behalf of DHL. Crew The captain on board flight 5960 was a 48 year old male, with 5,432 flight hours, of which 1,298 were on the Boeing 737. He also had experience on the ATR-72. The co-pilot was a 34 year old ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liepkalnis
Liepkalnis is an area of Vilnius, Lithuania, located within the Rasos (district), Rasos eldership, east of Naujininkai eldership. It is the highest point of land in Vilnius, the Hill of Laimis at high. History 841 people lived in Liepkalnis in 1905. By 1931, the population had decreased to 619 people. On 25 November 2024, Swiftair Flight 5960 crashed in Liepkalnis. Facilities It is home to the Liepkalnis Winter Sports Centre, LFF Stadium. The Church of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk was built in 1838. The historic Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, Crimean Karaites, Karaites and Tatars in Lithuania, Tatar cemeteries are also located in Liepkalnis. Gallery File:LFF1_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg, Lithuanian Football Federation File:LFF2_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg, LFF Stadium File:Laimio_kalnas_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg, Liepkalnis Winter Sports Centre File:Vaizdas_nuo_Laimio_kalno.JPG, View from the Hill of Lamis File:14-08-15-Vilnius-RalfR-N3S_1917-18.jpg, Houses on Scyth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Justice (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania () was established in 1918. Its departments include European Law, prisons, state-guaranteed legal aid services in several major Lithuania cities, a patent bureau, consumer rights protection, the Law Institute of Lithuania, Law Institute, the Metrology Inspectorate, state enterprise and legal information centers, and forensic science. History The Ministry of Justice was first established on 11 November 1918. Its first minister was Petras Leonas. Ministers See also * Justice ministry * :lt:Lietuvos Respublikos teisingumo ministerija, Lietuvos Respublikos teisingumo ministerija (Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania) * Politics of Lithuania References * Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuani* Institutions Controlled by the Ministry of Justice. Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuani Ministry of Justice (Lithuania), Ministries of justice, Lithuania Government ministries of Lithua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Error
Human error is an action that has been done but that was "not intended by the actor; not desired by a set of rules or an external observer; or that led the task or system outside its acceptable limits".Senders, J.W. and Moray, N.P. (1991) Human Error: Cause, Prediction, and Reduction'. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p.25. . Human error has been cited as a primary cause and contributing factor in disasters and accidents in industries as diverse as Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents, nuclear power (e.g., the Three Mile Island accident), Pilot error, aviation, List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents, space exploration (e.g., the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), and Medical error, medicine. Prevention of human error is generally seen as a major contributor to Data integrity, reliability and safety of (complex) systems. Human error is one of the many contributing causes of risk events. Definition Human error refers to somethi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosecutor General's Office Of Lithuania
The Prosecutor General's Office of Lithuania () is the supreme institution conducting prosecution in Lithuania. Prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office have prosecutorial powers to act in all courts of Lithuania. The Prosecutor General is accountable to the President and the Seimas for the activities of the Prosecutor's Office, and provides the Government with information about the non-procedural activities of the Prosecutor's Office. Lithuania participates in the European Public Prosecutor's Office and the Prosecutor General's Office delegates its prosecutors to the organization. History The formation of the prosecutor general began in January 1919 and the first prosecutor general, Kazys Samajauskas, was appointed in February 1919. The current Prosecutor's Office was established in 1990. In 1995, it became the Prosecutor General's Office under the Supreme Court of Lithuania, and at the same time, Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys District Prosecutor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gitanas Nausėda
Gitanas Nausėda (; ; born 19 May 1964) is a Lithuanian politician, economist, and banker who is serving as the ninth and incumbent president of Lithuania since 2019. Born in Klaipėda, Nausėda graduated from Vilnius University with an economics degree in 1987. He was director of monetary policy at the Bank of Lithuania from 1996 to 2000 and chief economist to the chairman of SEB bankas from 2008 to 2018. Nausėda entered politics in 2019, running as an independent candidate in the 2019 Lithuanian presidential election. In the second round of the election, he defeated the independent (but Homeland Union-endorsed) Ingrida Šimonytė, with 66% of the vote. His success has been attributed to his moderate, "catch-all" profile. As president, Nausėda oversaw Lithuania's response to the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He has had a difficult relationship with the Šimonytė Cabinet, including proposals of impeachment and several political scanda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight Recorder
A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents. The device may often be referred to colloquially as a "black box", an outdated name which has become a misnomer—they are now required to be painted Safety orange, bright orange, to aid in their recovery after accidents. There are two types of flight recording devices: the flight data recorder (FDR) preserves the recent history of the flight through the recording of dozens of parameters collected several times per second; the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) preserves the recent history of the sounds in the cockpit, including the conversation of the pilots. The two devices may be combined into a single unit. Together, the FDR and CVR objectively document the aircraft's flight history, which may assist in any later investigation. The two flight recorders are required by international regulation, overseen by the Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beechcraft Super King Air
The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The Model 200 and Model 300 series were originally marketing, marketed as the "Super King Air" family; the "Super" designation was dropped in 1996."Raytheon Beechcraft King Air 200." ''airliners.net.'', July 30, 2006. They form the King Air line together with the Beechcraft King Air, King Air Model 90 and 100 series. Beechcraft currently offers the 250 (design. B200GT) and the larger 350i (B300) models. The 350ER (B300CER) is available to government, military and commercial customers for special mission operations such as aerial survey, air ambulance, flight inspection and surveillance. The Beechcraft 1900 regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informally known as "commissioners") corresponding to two thirds of the number of Member state of the European Union, member states, unless the European Council, acting unanimously, decides to alter this number. The current number of commissioners is 27, including the president. It includes an administrative body of about 32,000 European civil servants. The commission is divided into departments known as Directorate-General, Directorates-General (DGs) that can be likened to departments or Ministry (government department), ministries each headed by a director-general who is responsible to a commissioner. Currently, there is one member per European Union member state, member state, but members are bound by their oath of office to represent the genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Union Aviation Safety Agency
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Commission with responsibility for civil aviation safety in the European Union. It carries out certification, regulation and standardisation and also performs investigation and monitoring. It collects and analyses safety data, drafts and advises on safety legislation and co-ordinates with similar organisations in other parts of the world. The idea of a European-level aviation safety authority goes back to 1996, but the agency was legally established only in 2002; it began its work in 2003. History Based in Cologne, Germany, the agency was created on 15 July 2002 as the "European Aviation Safety Agency", and reached full functionality in 2008, taking over functions of the Joint Aviation Authorities. It was renamed the "European Union Aviation Safety Agency" in 2018. European Free Trade Association countries participate in the agency. The United Kingdom was a member until the end of the Brexit trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international scheduled air transport, air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. The ICAO headquarters are located in the Quartier international de Montréal of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The ICAO Council adopts standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, its infrastructure, flight inspection, prevention of unlawful interference, and facilitation of border-crossing procedures for international civil aviation. ICAO defines the protocols for Aviation accidents and incidents, air accident investigation that are followed by :Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents, transport safety authorities in countries signatory to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The Air Navigation Commission (ANC) is the techn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government agency within the United States Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation that regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic control, certification of personnel and aircraft, setting standards for airports, and protection of U.S. assets during the launch or re-entry of commercial space vehicles. Powers over neighboring international waters were delegated to the FAA by authority of the International Civil Aviation Organization. The FAA was created in as the Federal Aviation Agency, replacing the Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States), Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). In 1967, the FAA became part of the newly formed U.S. Department of Transportation and was renamed the Federal Aviation Administration. Major functions The FAA's roles include: *Regulating U.S. co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeing
The Boeing Company, or simply Boeing (), is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2022 revenue and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value. Boeing was founded by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington, on July 15, 1916. The present corporation is the result of the merger of Boeing with McDonnell Douglas on August 1, 1997. As of 2023, the Boeing Company's corporate headquarters is located in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. The company is organized into three primary divisions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), and Boeing Global Services (BGS). In 2021, Boeing recorded $62.3billion in sales. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
