Air Accident Investigation

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Paras Daryanani

Simeon Campbell

Turkish Airlines Flight no.1951 (Schiphol Airport, February 2009)http://www.cargolaw.com/2009nightmare_schiphol_cra.html


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Air Accident (Explanation)DefinitionCause

Statistics Air Accident Investigation?Definition

ProcedurePurpose and Outcome


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When one or more of the following situationsoccur whilst any person is aboard the aircraft:

an individual is killed or seriously injured

the aircraft suffers damage or structural failure


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When injuries come from:

natural causes

self-infliction or inflicted by another personaboard the aircraft

Convention on International Civil Aviation Council (2010).Annex 13, Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation. 10th ed. Montreal,Canada: International Civil Aviation Organization.


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Pilot or flight crew errors Defective Equipment Aircraft design flaws Violation of aviation authority regulations


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Improper fueling or maintenance Negligence of Air Traffic Controllers Bad Weather Sabotage

Continued

Aviation Law News (2012). Aviation Accidents, Causes of Plane Crashes.[ONLINE] Available at: http://www.aviation-law-news.com/html/causes.html.

[Last accessed 13th January 2012].


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48%

14%

8%

3%

4%

2%

12%

9%

Percentage of Accidents due to corresponding cause

Boeing (2011). Boeing: Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents 1959-2010.[ONLINE] Available at: http://www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/1549.pdf.

[Last accessed 10th January 2012].


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A process conducted for the purpose ofaccident prevention which includes:

gathering and analysis of information

determination of causes and/or contributingfactors

drawing of conclusions

making of safety recommendations(when appropriate)

Convention on International Civil Aviation Council (2010).Annex 13, Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation. 10th ed. Montreal,

Canada: International Civil Aviation Organization.


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Collecting, recording and evaluating of allrelated information on the accident:

Blackbox Data Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)

Flight Data Recorder (FDR)

Survivors/Eye-witness Information (if applicable)

Physical Material Evidence (On-site)

Flight Coordination Systems Information

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Determining the cause(s) of theaccident:

by using the collected information

putting it all together

forming conclusions


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Completing the final report:

gathering all the investigation data

suggesting safety recommendations

putting it all in one official report

publishing the report


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International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

o Main international organisation, based in Canada.

o Wrote and published the Convention of InternationalCivil Aviation (CICA) (including Annex 13).

Under the CICA many other organisations are included,according to the countries that have ratified and signedthe CICA.

In the UK we have the Air Accident Investigation Branch(AAIB). This is the largest British organisation in the civilaviation sector, for the investigation of air accidents.

http://www.icao.int/publications/Pages/doc7300.aspx

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/about_us/index.cfm


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To propose improvement methods such as;

Better training for flight staff and aircraft mechanics

New procedures for flights and operations

Infrastructure improvements

Revising aircraft designs

Integrating newer, more advanced technologies

All of these have the same main aim guiding them; Toprevent similar accidents from happening in the futureBoeing (2009). Aviation Safety - Investigating Accidents. [ONLINE] Available at:

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/safety/investigate.html.[Last accessed 07th January 2012].


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The main reason for conducting an air accidentinvestigation is to prevent air accidents fromhappening in the future.

Another important reason is in order to proposesafety recommendations and thereby improveaviation safety.


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To keep on improving aviation safety through

air accident investigation, in order to reach acertain level where air accidents are almost

ruled out.


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Any

questions


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Turkish Airlines Flight no.1951 (Schiphol Airport, February 2009)[ONLINE] Available at: http://www.cargolaw.com/2009nightmare_schiphol_cra.html[Last accessed 14th February 2012].

Boeing (2009). Aviation Safety - Investigating Accidents. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.boeing.com/commercial/safety/investigate.html.[Last accessed 07th January 2012].

Flight Data Recorder[ONLINE] Available at: https://reader009.{domain}/reader009/html5/0410/5accb43c96aa2/5accb447ab030.jpg[Last accessed 2nd March 2012].

Convention on International Civil Aviation Council (2010).Annex 13, Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation. 10th ed. Montreal, Canada: International CivilAviation Organization.

Aviation Law News (2012). Aviation Accidents, Causes of Plane Crashes.

[ONLINE] Available at: http://www.aviation-law-news.com/html/causes.html.[Last accessed 13th January 2012].

Boeing (2011). Boeing: Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents 1959-2010. [ONLINE]Available at: http://www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/1549.pdf.[Last accessed 10th January 2012].

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