Mayday niki lauda biography
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Lauda Air Crash 1991: still too many open questions
Usually, the Canadian series "Mayday", also known as "Air Crash Investigation", is known to reconstruct the causes and findings of every covered crash in detail.
Unfortunately the makers of the "Mozart"-crash failed to do so. In the meanwhile on National Geographic and YouTube aired episode the history of Lauda NG004 is described as follows: the Boeing 767-300ER took off from Bangkok with its destination Vienna and crashed after its initial climb due to a deployed thrust reverser. Those are facts correctly covered in the documentary. However Niki Lauda, the airline owner, is shown as driving force behind the investigation and explanation of this tragedy. Laudas self-display is shown unchallenged, and backed up by his own biographer, Herbert Volker.
This episode of "Mayday" tries to imply that at Lauda Air everything was just fine, and that due to Niki Laudas tenacity the mysteries behind the tragedy could be resolved. He, Lauda, allegedly did everything to guarantee transparency. To many insiders and some relatives of the 223 dead this might seem like a slap in the face.
Investigators point out maintenance shortcomings at Lauda Air
Even though legally the charges against Niki Lauda and his (actually not very success
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Niki Lauda
Austrian racing driver (1949–2019)
Niki Lauda | |
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Lauda in 1984 | |
| Born | Andreas Nikolaus Lauda (1949-02-22)22 February 1949 Vienna, Allied-occupied Austria |
| Died | 20 May 2019(2019-05-20) (aged 70) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Spouses | Marlene Knaus (m. 1976; div. 1991)Birgit Wetzinger (m. 2008) |
| Children | 4, including Mathias |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Active years | 1971–1979, 1982–1985 |
| Teams | March, BRM, Ferrari, Brabham, McLaren |
| Entries | 177 (171 starts) |
| Championships | 3 (1975, 1977, 1984) |
| Wins | 25 |
| Podiums | 54 |
| Career points | 420.5 |
| Pole positions | 24 |
| Fastest laps | 24 |
| First entry | 1971 Austrian Grand Prix |
| First win | 1974 Spanish Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1985 Dutch Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1985 Australian Grand Prix |
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. Lauda won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the record for most podium finishes (54); he remains the only driver to have won
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Lauda Air Journey 004
Crash splash an European Boeing 767 in Siam in 1991
OE-LAV, say publicly aircraft implicated in depiction accident, guess 1989 | |
| Date | 26 May 1991 (1991-05-26) |
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| Summary | In-flight alteration following uncommanded thrust-reverser deployment |
| Site | Phu Toei Resolute Park, Suphan Buri region, Thailand 14°56′48″N99°27′10″E / 14.94667°N 99.45278°E / 14.94667; 99.45278 |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 767-3Z9ER |
| Aircraft name | Mozart |
| Operator | Lauda Air |
| IATA flight No. | NG004 |
| ICAO flight No. | LDA004 |
| Call sign | LAUDA 4 |
| Registration | OE-LAV |
| Flight origin | Kai Tak Airport, Country Hong Kong |
| Stopover | Don Mueang Cosmopolitan Airport, Port, Thailand |
| Destination | Vienna Worldwide Airport, Vienna, Austria |
| Occupants | 223 |
| Passengers | 213 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 223 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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