Lost 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...
Learn MoreHuman Factors of Dash 8 Panel Loss We look at the human factors lessons after Flybe Bombardier DHC-8-402 / Dash 8 Q400 G-PRPC was damaged by the loss of an engine access panel on departure from Manchester...
Learn MoreRJ85 Landed Alongside Runway Obscured by Dust The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) have reported on an incident involving a BAE Systems Avro RJ85 landing alongside an unsealed runway at Darlot, WA on...
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