Unlike other animals, human beings spend a lot of time thinking about what is not going on around them, contemplating events that happened in the past, might happen in the future, or will never happen at all.
BBC World: My views on Nepal Air Accident, an outcome of poor Safety Culture
Safety Culture is the way people manage safety. Do you have the right people, sincere, flexible and learners
Why did the accident investigators not answer the obvious question, poor braking?
Poor braking action by the aircraft during the 1st stage of deceleration proved very costly. Was it due to the runway surface which holds water and has a smooth finish? Matters which were not investigated.
Phone conversation & worlds closest near miss
A phone conversation while driving blinds the brain to unexpected objects that may come in our path. The crew of Air Canada carrying out a visual approach would have experienced the same when they approached to land at San Fransisco.
Vistara fuel incident, faults with regulators
Traditionally the flight crew has been the easy target in the blame game that ensues after an incident. In this case the regulator and operator too are indicted.
Brain might block the Go-Around call by the Co-Pilot
The brain has a filtering mechanism which blocks certain sensory inputs while allowing others. In this process they could be endangering the system by blocking certain warnings or cautions triggered by the other sensory inputs.
Must focus on aquaplaning at Kozhikode
Hydroplaning will always occur when operating on a wet or flooded runway. Depending on different factors braking performance can change.
Open letter to the regulator, build trust
In poor-performing work cultures, the low trust often masquerades as bureaucracy, dysfunction, inefficiency, turnover or disengagement.
Must consider Human Factors in Air India Accident
Human factors in accidents play a critical role in attempt to understand why the accident happened and what could the the crew be possibly thinking.
Ukraine 752 shooting factual report
The shooting down of the Ukraine B737 flight PS752 by the Iran air defence system during a heightened alert is a human error with disastrous consequences. The relocation of the air defence unit and the misalignment of the weapon system is said to have initiated the chain of errors. However, it is incomprehensible how departing from Iran and rising, the reasonably sized signature projectile can be considered as a threat.
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