Business Aviation

NTSB Report on Bizarre 2012 US S-76B Ditching

Posted by on Dec 22, 2014 in Accidents & Incidents, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Business Aviation, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

NTSB Report on Bizarre 2012 US S-76B Ditching (N56RD) The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has reported on an unusual 2012 offshore accident where a Sikorsky S-76B ditched while attempting to...

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70 Years of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation

Posted by on Dec 8, 2014 in Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Business Aviation, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Regulation, Safety Management

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has issued the following press release: In 1944, delegates from 54 nations gathered in the Grand Ballroom of the Stevens Hotel in Chicago at the invitation...

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James Reason’s 12 Principles of Error Management

Posted by on Dec 2, 2014 in Air Traffic Management / Airspace, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Business Aviation, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Logistics, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Mining / Resource Sector, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Resilience, Safety Culture, Safety Management

James Reason’s 12 Principles of Error Management James Reason, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, set out 12 systemic human factors centric principles of error management in his book Managing...

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