FROM LIBRARY: AIRMANSHIP 1, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS – FINAL APPROACH

This is the first of a series of articles covering airmanship. Some recent incidents have highlighted that perhaps, with an over-reliance on automation, some basic airmanship skills may have deteriorated with a resultant risk to the safety of commercial aviation. I should stress that what I am focusing on in this […]

ISASI SEMINARS TECHNICAL PAPERS

Technical Papers 2019 Technical Papers (All) View list of 2019 technical papers. Tuesday, September 3rd Main Hall Small Country / Big Accident Hubert Hanjause Hamani, Alan Stray and Michael Poole Black Swan Events Stéphane Cote Comparisons and Lessons Learned from UA232 Sioux City and AA383 Chicago Uncontained Events David Chapel and […]

FROM LIBRARY: FUTURE OF AUTOMATION IN AVIATION SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS

Introduction When we talk about the advancement in systems automation, whether it is a smart phone, computer system or an aircraft system, the rate of change is so quick that any failure or problem in these sophisticated systems can take a long time to resolve.. During an aviation occurrence, Investigators are […]

FROM LIBRARY: PASSENGER BRACE POSITION IN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS

By Jan M Davies, Professor, University of Calgary; Martin Maurino, Technical Officer, Safety, Efficiency, and Operations, International Civil Aviation Organization; and Jenny Yoo, Advisor to the Korea Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board and Cabin Safety Analysis Group Chair, Korea Transportation Safety Authority, on behalf of the members of IBRACE. (Adapted […]