be divided in three equal parts between ellen johnson surlaf, name ma bow lee and tav co-carlin for the nonviolent struggle, safety of women and women s rights to full participation in peace-building work. we cannot achieve democracy and piece in the world unless women receive the same opportunities as men in all levels of society. in october 2000, the un security council adopted resolution 1325. the resolution for the first time made violence against women in armed conflict an international security issue. it underlined the need for women to become participants on an equal footing with men in peace processes and in peace work in general. ellen johnson surlif is africa s first democratically elected phenyl male president. since her inauguration in 2006 she has contributed to securing peace in liberia, to promoting economic and social development and strengthening the position of women. lama bovin organized women across ethnic and religious dividing lines to bring an end to th
pressurize the tube and you wouldn t be able to breathe at 35,000 feet without the use of pressurized supplemental oxygen. the back of the airplane is getting a considerable amount of stress, not only from the pressurization, but also from the tail and all the stresses of flight. that bulkhead is very, very robust. it is a serious piece of structure. at the moment of the decompression, all the pressurized air for the cabin needs somewhere to go. it blasts back the cracked bulkhead, and unbeknownst to the pilot, the tremendous force blows the vertical fin and other parts of the tail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are severed in the process. the first officer makes several radio calls that says, we re in uncontrollable flight, we do not have control of the airplane. they re fighting literally for their lives.
we had millions of airplane parts scattered over a mountainside. but the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder, as well as witness statements, all of these different sources of information help investigators put the puzzle together. within days, two important clues turn up. a photograph taken by an amateur photographer as the plane passed over his village. it reveals the plane flying with part of its tail section missing. and part of that missing tail section, including the vertical fin, is fished out of a bay 100 miles away from the mountain. it was quite a distance from the crash site, so they knew it had departed the airplane early. so now you ask what can cause a decompression, control problems and the loss of a vertical fin? looking at the maintenance history, investigators learn there was previous damage to the
pressure differential between the pressurized inside of an aircraft and the unpressurized atmosphere outside is right around 24,000 feet. that s where jal-123 experiences an explosive shock. a massive decompression for reasons that they didn t know. but the crew did not realize the amount of damage they sustained until very quickly, the airplane became less and less controllable to the point it was no longer controllable at all. that would be a nightmare scenario for a pilot. what the pilot s don t know is that a critical piece of the 747 structure has cracked and expanded to the breaking point and snapped. it s the aft pressure bulkhead, an umbrella-shaped structure toward the back of the plane. it s the device that keeps the pressure in the back part of the airplane contained properly. without that pressure, you can t
msnbc now. i m alex whit. varied reaction to the killing of two american citizens tied to al qaeda. ron paul says the attack sets a dangerous precedent. inspectors back at the top of the washington monument this weekend. they re taking a closer look at the damage caused by an earthquake back in august. but imagine doing that, right? more news later. i m alex whit. now back to why planes crash. when any structural element of an airplane fails, the result can be fatal. a 747 has a cargo door blown out in mid flight. the decompression is so powerful it sucks two rows of seats and nine passengers out of the plane in a split second.