Chernobyl: 30 Years On – Lessons in Safety Culture Late at night on 26 April 1986 in the then USSR, a team of nuclear workers prepared to conduct a test on Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant as part of an otherwise routine shutdown. The exercise was to test a modified safety system […]
Chernobyl: 30 Years On – Lessons in Safety Culture Read Post »
UK To Buy “Certifiable Predator B” Protector The UK MOD has announced in a low key contracts notice that they intend to meet the PROTECTOR Unmanned Aerial System requirement to replace the RAF Reaper MQ-9A fleet, through a £415 million Government-Government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract with the US Department of Defence (US DoD). UPDATE 27 April 2016: This
UK To Buy “Certifiable Predator B” Protector Read Post »
Inadvertently leaving lights dimmed, a compromised NVG mod, no aural low fuel warning and negligible recent experience on type all feature in this NZ HEMS incident.
Dim, Negative Transfer Double Flameout Read Post »
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System at 40 and the Continued Challenge of Timeliness for Safety Reporting On 16 April 16 2016 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) celebrated 40 years of operation. Its origins highlights one major challenge of safety reporting, learning and action: timeliness. The Purpose and Administration of
NASA ASRS at 40 and the Continued Challenge of Timeliness for Safety Reporting Read Post »
C-130J Control Restriction Accident, Jalalabad The US Air Force (USAF) Air Mobility Command (AMC) has released its accident report into the fatal loss of control (LOC-I) accident involving of Lockheed Martin C-130J 08-3174 during a night-time take-off from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan on 2 October 2015. The accident was caused by the failure to remove a loose article that had been deliberately placed
C-130J Control Restriction Accident, Jalalabad Read Post »
A Canadian Hawk pilot got a big surprise when rolling inverted: his flight crew bag contacted the firing unit of the canopy explosive fragmentation system with shattering results…
Crew Bag FOD Shatters Hawk Canopy Read Post »
A319 Double Cowling Loss and Fire – AAIB Safety Recommendation Update The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has issued an update on responses to their safety recommendations from their investigation into British Airways Airbus A319 G-EUOE. G-EUOE, powered by IAE V2500s, lost both engine fan cowlings and suffered an associated fire on take-off from London Heathrow
A319 Double Cowling Loss and Fire – AAIB Safety Recommendation Update Read Post »
C-130 Fireball Due to Modification Error A botched modification program unnecessarily changed the original design for a hydraulic system modification when a drawing was misread. A longer hydraulic hose was necessary after that change but an inappropriate design process short-cut meant the shorter hose remained listed as an alternative. The shorter hose was fitted to the modified fleet
C-130 Fireball Due to Modification Error Read Post »
Fatigued Flight Test Crew Crosswind Accident The Icelandic Transportation Safety Board (ITSB), the RNSA, recently issued their report into a wheels up runway excursion accident that occurred on 21 July 2013 to Sukhoi RRJ-95B ‘Superjet 100’ 97005 during flight tests by Sukhoi at Keflavik airport. The Flight Test Objective and the Accident Flight The purpose of
Fatigued Flight Test Crew Superjet 100 Crosswind Accident Read Post »
