MAJOR EVENTS IN

AIR TRANSPORT
INDUSTRY
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Hindenburg Incident- The End of 9/11 terrorist attack on the World
Airship Travel Trade Center and Pentagon.
3 MAJOR
EVENTS IN
AIR
TRANSPORT
INDUSTRY
Chicago Convention

1944
 German airship Hindenburg exploded at Lakehurst,
New jersey.
The whole airship turned into ashes within 34 seconds
resulting in 35 out of 97 aboard death.
The disaster was the first massive technological
disaster caught on film
6 MAY 1937 The cause was due to a leak in fuel cell causing
(HINDENBURG hydrogen to leak and mix with oxygen causing a
INCIDENT) massive fire.
What was uncertain is that how the hydrogen manage
to leak.
There is also a theory that it may be caused by
electrostatic force. During flight it would have charged
positively and as the landing lines touched the ground it
was negatively charged.
 The incident made people afraid to fly in
hydrogen powered airships which ended the
airship era.

As the Hindenburg was a German made and

as Hitler was gaining more power so no one
6 MAY 1937 wanted to fly in a Nazi ship.
(HINDENBURG AFTERMA
TH
INCIDENT) American German companies initially had
plans to build more airship but this incident
made them cancel all their plans.

Even though this incident is said to be the end

of airship era but if the incident did not
happen the airship era would have still ended
due to technological advancements.
1944
(CHICAGO CONVENTION)
Nov 1944 – 54 of 55 nations invited attended the International Civil Aviation Conference in Chicago
to discuss simultaneous multilateral agreements.
7th Dec 1944 – On conclusion 52 of them signed on the Convention on International Civil Aviation.

This agreement laid the foundation for the standards and procedures for peaceful global air
navigation.
After usual delays, the Chicago Conference signed an interim agreement which eventually was the
heart of creation of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization(PICAO)
1944
(CHICAGO CONVENTION)
PICAO served as a temporary advisory and coordinating body.

PICAO consisted of Interim Council and an Interim Assembly and met continuously in Montreal,
Canada and consisted of representatives from 21 Member States.
On 4th April 1947, the PICAO provisional aspects were no longer relevant and was officially known
as ICAO which had their first official assembly in Montreal on May 1947.
 That morning, 4 Boeing airplanes were hijacked by 19
members of the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
First attack was a Boeing hijacked by 5 which crashed
the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Second attack was a bit later which was by a Boeing
hijacked by 5 which crashed the South Tower of the
11 Sept World Trade Center.

2001 Third attack was on the West Wall of the Pentagon

which was also by a Boeing hijacked by 5.
The last attack was a Boeing crashed into the fields in
Stonycreek Township.
These attacks were the first of its kind. Airplanes were
used to carry weapons and assisted in many wars but this
attack was the first to use an airplane as a weapon.
 Aftermath
After this attack the family and friends of the passengers
boarding could not go till the gate.
President George W.Bush signed the Aviation and
Transportation Security Act, which created the Transportation
Security Administration, handing passenger screening over to
11 Sept federal employees. It also added more Federal Air Marshals.

2001 Passengers were then prohibited from bringing knives, razor

blades and other sharp objects in the cabin.
More security measures were added such as the prohibition of
bringing knives, razor blade and other sharp objects.
Shoes were asked to removed and liquid and gels with
exception of small containers were not allowed in cabin.
More screening procedures were added from then which
resulted in a high reduction of hijacks and attacks in the air
travel industry.
THE END