Aircraft Disaster Management in Gujarat Using Geographic Information System

摘要: Among various disasters, aircraft disaster is considered to be one of the deadliest disaster. Search and Rescue (SAR) operations play a vital role at the time of disaster. Reducing the search area, decreasing the reach time and following the optimal route to reach the crash site are some of the important factors to enable the SAR team to save more lives in the accident area. Using the laws of projectile motion combined with the force due to air drag we can approximately predict the possible area of crash of the aircraft in order to find the wreckage and the approximate time of the plane to reach the ground. Additionally, Geographic Information System (GIS) helps to identify the area of the wreckage, generates a probability map with probable location of the crash, suggest the optimal route to reach the crash site and help to assist the ground crew–for example, district administration, hospitals, police, NGO's etc in the vicinity of the crash site. The scope of the present study is aimed at an aeroplane under cruising experience failure due to structural or engine malfunction. We apply differential equation and formulae to analyze the situation in four different hypothetical cases considering the Gujarat state, India and suggest ways and means for SAR operations.