Design & Certification

Design Organisations / DOAs, Part 21, EMAR-21, DAOS, Aircraft Design, Aeronautical Engineering

Back to the Future: Error Management

Posted by on Dec 10, 2015 in Accidents & Incidents, Air Traffic Management / Airspace, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Business Aviation, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, HUMS / VHM / UMS / IVHM, Logistics, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Mining / Resource Sector, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Resilience, Safety Culture, Safety Management

Back to the Future: Error Management A year ago we published our article James Reason’s 12 Principles of Error Management.  It set out set out the 12 systemic human factors centric principles of error...

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Regulation (EU) 376/2014: Reporting, Analysis and Follow-up of Occurrences in Civil Aviation

Posted by on Nov 15, 2015 in Accidents & Incidents, Air Traffic Management / Airspace, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, News, Safety Management

Regulation (EU) 376/2014: Reporting, Analysis and Follow-up of Occurrences in Civil Aviation On 15 November 2015, a new European Union wide aviation reporting regulation came into force.  The European...

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AAIB Report on Glasgow Police EC135T2+ Clutha Helicopter Accident

Posted by on Oct 23, 2015 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, FDM / Data Recorders, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Regulation, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

AAIB Report on Glasgow Police Scotland Airbus EC135T2+ Helicopter Clutha Accident (Bond [now Babcock] G-SPAO)  The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has published their report (which has since been...

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Gulfstream G-IV Take Off Accident & Human Factors

Posted by on Sep 13, 2015 in Accidents & Incidents, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Business Aviation, Design & Certification, FDM / Data Recorders, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

Gulfstream G-IV Take Off Accident & Human Factors (N121JM) The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has highlighted a number of important human performance issues in a recent Board Meeting held...

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