Flawed Post-Flight and Pre-Flight Inspections Miss Propeller Damage (Rex Saab 340 VH-ZRL) We look at an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report into a regional turbprop incident and in particular why...
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Learn MoreLost in Translation: Misrigged Main Landing Gear The French BEA-D (Le Bureau Enquêtes Accidents Défense – Air (UPDATE: renamed the BEA d’État [BEA-É] in 2018 in recognition of its role in all state...
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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