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Boeing 737 aircraft disaster of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 at Maui, Hawaii caused by the Safe Decompression Scenario Boeing designed, FAA approved, NTSB overlooked. Other major disasters examined.

English translations of Dutch newspaper articles about the ship Volturno, sailing from Rotterdam to New York with emigrants from European countries. The ship caught fire and had to be abandoned. Only 523 persons of the 657 persons on board were saved; 134 persons, among which 65 crewmembers, died in the flames or in the waves.

Societal Impacts and Assessments: Weather and climate variations affect human welfare, often by altering the productivity of natural systems. Human activities alter many of the components of the earth's climate system. In addition, human choices can either mitigate or amplify the effects of environmental change by enhancing or undermining the health and resilience of social and natural systems.