Fatal Fall From B429 During Helicopter Hoist Training On 11 July 2016 Delaware State Police (DSP) Aviation Unit Bell 429 helicopter N1SP was performing recurrent rescue hoist training with volunteer fireman...
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Learn MoreComplacency: A Useful Concept in Safety Investigations? There is a fine line between confidence (from the Latin confidentia ‘to have full trust’) and over-confidence. Daniel Kahneman contends that of all the...
Learn MoreDispatcher Forced to Run After Distracted Pushback A dispatcher was forced to run when an aircraft started to taxi while he was still connected to it. On 25 January 2017, a Jetstar Airbus A320-232,...
Learn MoreRCAF Production Pressures Compromised Culture We look at the production pressures that affected the culture of a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) training unit according to accident investigators. The Accident...
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