Tracking rail safety : incident and accident investigation in Australia

Scoping Project: Currently no national or structured learning framework available in Aus or NZ Current Project: Develop a national training program & capability framework for rail incident investigators - Establish the potential market demand - Define the curricula for a multi-level national training program - Explore training providers & delivery options

The airEXODUS evacuation model and its application to evacuation certification, crew training and accident investigation.

Computer based mathematical models describing the aircraft evacuation process have a vital role to play in the design and development of safer aircraft, in the implementation of safer and more rigorous certification criteria, cabin crew training and in post mortuum accident investigation. As the risk of personal injury and costs involved in performing large-scale evacuation experiments for the next generation 'Ultra High Capacity Aircraft' (UHCA) are expected to be high, the development and use of these evacuation modelling tools may become essential if these aircraft are to prove a viable reality. In this paper the capabilities and limitations of the airEXODUS evacuation model are described. Its successful application to the prediction of a recent certification trial, prior to the actual trial taking place, is described. Also described is a newly defined parameter known as OPS which can be used as a measure of evacuation trial optimality. In addition, sample evacuation simulations in the presence of fire atmospheres are described. Finally, the data requiremnets of the airEXODUS evacuation model is discussed along with several projects currently underway at the the Univesity of Greenwich designed to obtain this data. Included in this discussion is a description of the AASK - Aircraft Accident Statistics and Knowledge - data base which contains detailed information from aircraft accident survivors.

Air accident investigation among regulatory agencies

The aim of this manuscript is to describe and compare regulatory aviation agencies according to their subordination and attributions to investigate air accidents. Possible consequences in identifying the contributory factors are also presented. Distinct procedures investigating air accidents among agencies lead to a lack of standardization of the statistics, making it difficult to analyze the data globally. Separately the information does not configure the entire scenario of what occurred, affecting the analysis and subsequent interventions. We recommend a joint and collaborative work between the different committees that operate in the investigation of air accidents.

Accident investigation studies in conjunction with FMVSS 301 compliance testing (1981 model year). Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, Washington, D.C.

Training program for accident investigation and coding in the National Crash Severity Study. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Accident investigation studies in conjunction with FMVSS 301 compliance testing. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington D.C.

Multidisciplinary accident investigation summaries. Volume 4. No. 2.

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Multidisciplinary accident investigation summaries. Volume 4. No. 3.

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Multidisciplinary accident investigation summaries. Volume 3. No. 9.

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Multidisciplinary accident investigation summaries. Volume 4. No. 5.

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Multidisciplinary accident investigation summaries. Volume 4. No. 8.

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Multidisciplinary accident investigation summaries. Volume 4. No. 7. Accident investigation summary.

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Multidisciplinary accident investigation summaries. Volume 5. No. 6.

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Multidisciplinary accident investigation summaries. Volume 5. No. 7.

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Multidisciplinary accident investigation summaries. Volume 4. No. 10.

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