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Crash of Flight 111
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Viewing Ideas
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Before Watching
Have students locate New York, Halifax, and Geneva on a map. Explain to
students that Swissair Flight 111 was bound from New York to Geneva but tried
to make an emergency landing in Halifax.
As students watch, have them do the "Piecing It All Together" activity
After Watching
Ask students why it is important to spend time, resources, and money on a
plane crash investigation. What are the short- and long-term benefits of
learning about the cause of a plane crash? Why is it important to study how
different plane systems interact rather than just studying individual parts of
a plane?
An investigation like this one relies on experts from many different areas.
Discuss with students what kinds of experts were needed to conduct this
investigation (e.g., a former pilot led the investigation, scuba divers helped
collect wreckage from the ocean floor, engineers tried to piece the aircraft
back together, a technologist created a virtual plane on the computer, and
pilots retraced the route flown by the Swissair Flight 111 crew).
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