The National Transportation Safety Board

One of the most controversial and important air crash linked to human error of the modern world happened on the night of February 12, 2009. Colgan air flight 3407, operated by Continental Connection, was on final approach to runway 23 at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport as it disappeared from radar. The aircraft was a Bombardier Dash 8, a popular twin engine medium range turboprop Airliner used by many regional carriers. The aircraft entered an uncontrollable stall crashing into to a neighborhood 5 miles northeast of the airport killing all everyone on souls on board. The Captain, Marvin Resnlow and first officer Rebecca Lynne were behind the controls the night of the accident. The NTSB report determined error by both pilots cause the aircraft to crash. Thus, pilot fatigues, improper recovery form a stall were contributing factors. The victim’s family members pushed for congress to overhaul airline regulations. The NTBS investigation delivery multiple findings that eventually led to a modernization of airline operations and pilot training.

Multiple factors were contributing to American Airlines fatal accident in 1999. To identify the factors and different issues with American Airlines Flight 1420 the SHELL model will be used. One of the major cause of this accident was a breakdown in Liveware-Software. Liveware-Software investigates procedures, manuals, checklists and standard operational procedures (ICAO SHELL Model, 2016).

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) employs about 2,200 safety inspectors that oversee over 130 million workers in eight million worksites. OSHA safety inspectors are tasked with investigating accidents, performing surprise inspections and consulting with companies to improve safety conditions. The last thing that any company needs is a surprise inspection that results in hefty fines and safety citations. Read below to learn about four federal safety standards that your company must follow.

Unsecured loads within dry van trucks can cause damage to the cargo, trailer, and are a potential hazard to drivers, dock workers, and the public. Therefore, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has set forth rules governing the way cargo is secured. Although this article specifically speaks about dry van trucks, the rules apply to all cargo-carrying commercial vehicles. The only exceptions are those that transport liquids, gases, grain and other commodities that have no fixed shape or structure.

Ever since September 11th, 2001 airport security efforts have been under the microscope. Rightfully so, because that day changed a lot on how people viewed safety in terms of flying. On that day, nearly 3,000 people were killed in a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. It’s long been said that flying is the safest transportation mode amongst the varying models there are. According to www.journalistsresource.org, from 2000-2009 the average annual death of aviation fatalities was 548, compared to 26, 678 in regards to cars and light trucks. “A person who was in a motor vehicle for 30 miles every day for a year faced a fatality risk of about 1 in 12,500. Relative to mainline trains, buses and commercial

First, the crash will be outlined with all major details known at this point. The roles of all agencies involved will be put forth as well. Second, results from the preliminary report released by the DSB, the primary investigation agency, will be defined along with future steps that remain to be taken. Third, current progressions related to the event will be discussed. Next, the crash and investigation will be examined with respect to ICAO standards, namely the ICAO convention, Annex 12 (Search and Rescue) and Annex 13 (Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation). Finally, a personal response is included that reviews the major issues related to the event and subsequent consequences from the writer’s perspective.

On February 24, 1989, a United airlines Boeing 747-122 suffered an explosive decompression which tore off its cargo door and killed 9 people as it climbed to 23,000 feet after taking off from Honolulu Hawaii. At first, it was thought a bomb went off in the plane, though it was later revealed the aircraft that was used for the flight had recently had work done on the forward cargo door. This led the National Transportation Safety bureau (NTSB) to believe the ground crew was at fault for mishandling and not maintaining the locking mechanisms on the cargo door, causing damage to the door and resulting in the explosive decompression in flight. This accident stands out as one of the few where the crew did everything right through careful use of Crew Resource Management skills, succeeding in landing the plane without further loss of life. Despite the NTSB’s initial results from their investigation, Parents of one of the fatalities of the accident went through with their own investigation which revealed that the decompression was because of flaws in the electrical and cargo door latching systems resulting in an Airworthiness directive being issued for all planes of that type to prevent further similar accidents.

On June 1st, 1999 American Airlines flight 1420 experienced a tragic accident that claimed many lives and made an impact on aviation worldwide. The event and it subsequent investigation shed

After World War I in 1918, many of the pilots who served in the military turned their talents towards civil uses. The first civil applications of aviation was providing air transportation for the United State mail. According to Airport Planning and Management, Civil Aeronautics Board or Civil Aeronautics Administration was formed to regulate air carrier industry and safety. Later Civil Aviation Board was transformed into Federal Aviation Agency. It had all the functions of Civil Aeronautics Board except the safety rule-making powers. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was formed in order to determine the cause or probable cause of transportation accidents (Young, 2011).

On February 24th, 1989 United Airlines 811 (UA811) took off from Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii (HNL) for a regularly scheduled 8 hour flight to Auckland, New Zealand. The routine flight aboard the Boeing 747-122 had left Los Angeles, California enroute to Sydney, Australia, but made a scheduled intermediate stop in Honolulu and would make one more in Auckland (NTSB, 1992, p. 1). UA811 departed Gate 10, at HNL, 3 minutes late with 3 flight crew, 15 flight attendants and 337 passengers onboard (NTSB, 1992, p. 1). The flight took place in the aftermath of Lockerby and additional boarding procedures were in place adding to an extended passenger boarding process. The second officer noted that all cabin and cargo door lights were out prior to departing the gate (NTSB, 1992, p. 2). The captain was at the controls for the takeoff from HNL runway 8R at 0152:49 HST (NTSB, 1992, p. 2). “The flightcrew reported the airplane’s operation to be normal during the take off and during the initial and intermediate segments of the climb” (NTSB, 1992, p. 2). Due to thunderstorms enroute the flightcrew elected to deviate left of course and the captain left the passenger seat belt sign “on”. When climbing between 22,000 feet and 23,000 feet at 300 knots the flightcrew

On March 5th 1966 at approximately 1:30 PM a Boeing 707 operated by British Airways encountered a spell of severe cleat air turbulence and subsequently broke apart. The breakup occurred during a flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong. Shortly after departure, as the aircraft was nearing Mount Fuji at an altitude well above the top of the mountain the Boeing 707 encountered very strong winds that caused the aircraft to break apart and crash,

WASHINGTON - At approximately 10:30 P.M., a small civilian plane crashed during takeoff in Jefferson County International Airport, Washington. The airport officials claim that this aircraft with 30 passengers on board was dragged into crash by the heavy winds, but the police officials are continuing investigation. The passengers were carried to hospitals immediately, and luckily enough, there were no severe injuries or deaths. The mayor showed sympathy for the victims and their family by arriving at the scene immediately. Despite the fact that everyone was safe, the plane, unfortunately, caught fire and whether the plane will be back to its original state is a mystery.

On August 14, 2013 United Postal Service (UPS) Flight 1354, an Airbus A300-600, crashed short of runway 18 during a localizer non-precision approach to runway 18 at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, Birmingham, Alabama (BHM). The pilot and first officer were the only two people on board and both were killed. The aircraft was completely destroyed by ground impact at the post-crash fire (National Transportation Safety Board [NTSB], 2014, p. 13).

As a result, a thorough investigation into this international tragedy ensued. In order for investigators to create a timeline of events, they needed to collect as much from the wreckage and surrounding areas as they could. The trail of the wreckage spread over a thousand square miles, from Lockerbie up to the coast (Ushynskyi, 2009). Overall a total of 4 million pieces of fragments were collected and investigators were able to piece 90% of the aircraft back together (Owen, 2009). Medical examiners found the victims suffered from extreme lung damage to the decompression in the aircraft. What had investigators puzzled was the lack of distress calls from the pilots, the normalcy in the flight data, and the lack of engine corrosion or distress following inspection (Owen,

Crew resource management started with a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), proposal made amid their investigation of the United Airlines Flight 173 accident. In 1978, over Portland, Oregon where this aircraft and crew ran out of fuel while the captain was trying to fix landing gear problem and ignored repeated hints of other crew members telling them that they are dwindling fuel supply. Only when the engines began to flame out the captain realized their horrible situation. Bad communication and loss of situational awareness led them to crash over six miles short of the runway, killing approximately 200 passengers. CRM was born from this catastrophe because investigators discovered that most of air crashes was caused by human error