Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314

What Happened------

On 11 February 1978, Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a Boeing 737-200 crashed at Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport, near Cranbook, British Columbia, Canada, killing 42 of the 49 people on board.<sup>[1]

This crash was 4 days after my brother was born, i happened in the middle of the night, a 737-200 heading from Edmonton to Cranbrook BC crashed into a snowplough on the runway because of a miscommunication on who was to clear the runway and who was to keep clearing the snow from the runway.

Both passengers and crew were killed instantly because of miscommunication.</sup>

What would I do?

<sup>If i were a pilot and or an ATC on the radio i would have instructed the plane to go around and the snowplough to get off the runway as soon as possible, and that would have saved lots of lives.


That's all i can say</sup>

First Air Flight 6560/Resolute Bay crash

What Happened--------

In the year 2011, a First Air 737-200, was on approach to CYRB Resolute Bay,NU and crashed into the side of a mountain only a few meters or miles from the runway at resolute bay.

In the moments leading up to the crash, they saw a lot of fog below them and got warnings telling them to pull up and within a few minutes they crashed into the side of a hill and nearly all on board were killed except for a few people.

The aircraft was operating as a charter flight from Yellowknife Airport, Northwest Territories to Resolute Bay Airport, Nunavut. It was carrying four crew and 11 passengers. The aircraft crashed on approach to Resolute Bay, killing 12 people. The weather at the time was reported to be poor. The Canadian Forces were conducting Operation Nanook 2011 nearby, which was about to simulate an air disaster in the Resolute Bay area and Royal Canadian Air Force firefighters were among the first to respond and reach the crash site locating three survivors.[9] The fire chief, designated Red Leader, was informed that there were 15 people on board the aircraft. Red Leader reported that 3 survivors had been located and the search for others was being organized in accordance with rescue procedures. The other crew and passengers were found to have died on impact.[10] The operation was suspended and those taking part assisted in the rescue efforts.[2] One surviving passenger was admitted to the Qikiqtani General Hospital in Iqaluit, Nunavut for one day while awaiting medivac transfer to Ottawa. The other two surviving passengers were moved from Iqaluit to the Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario.[11]

What I would do?

I would have seen the fog below and if the warning for the pull up had come on i wouldn't have hesitated i would have pulled up right away. Also what would have helped is if the aircraft had a terrain map gauge or dial on the aircraft, it tells the pilots and crew what is up ahead and what to look out for. This would have helped them immensely as they would have seen the hill approaching and knew to do something about it. 

What you read here is not  a new version of that the TSB would have wrote its more a "if i were the pilot" what would i do and how would i control the plane.

Thanks for reading... .