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2. Preflight checklist - Wikipedia

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   A pilot of a DC-10 consulting his checklist. In aviation, a preflight checklist is a list of tasks that should be performed by pilots and aircrew prior to takeoff. Its purpose is to improve flight safety by ensuring that no important tasks are forgotten. Failure to correctly conduct a preflight check using a checklist is a major contributing ...

3. Threat and error management - Wikipedia

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   TEM also considers technical (e.g. mechanical) and environmental issues, and incorporates strategies from Crew Resource Management to teach pilots to manage threats and errors. The TEM framework was developed in 1994 by psychologists at University of Texas based on the investigation of accidents of high capacity Regular Public Transport (RPT ...

4. Arthur Alan Wolk - Wikipedia

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   The flight crashed on September 8, 1994, killing everyone on board. Wolk speculated the cause of the crash was rudder failure and appeared the next day on ABC Evening News for Friday September 9, 1994 Peter Jennings reporter, [2] in this program Wolk offered views on the cause of the crash. Wolk published his opinion that rudder failure was the ...

5. List of fatal accidents and incidents involving commercial ...

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   Contributing to the accident was failure of the aircraft's take-off warning system. April 28, 1988 1 65 94 Aloha Airlines Flight 243: Kahului: Hawaii: Boeing 737-200: The aircraft experienced an explosive decompression due to metal fatigue and failure of maintenance procedures to detect it. A flight attendant, Clarabelle Lansing, was ejected ...

6. Aviation accident analysis - Wikipedia

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   Aviation accident analysis is performed to determine the cause of errors once an accident has happened. In the modern aviation industry, it is also used to analyze a database of past accidents in order to prevent an accident from happening. Many models have been used not only for the accident investigation but also for educational purpose. [1]

7. Aviation accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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   The Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 formally defines an aviation accident as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all such persons have disembarked, and in which (a) a person is fatally or seriously injured, (b) the aircraft sustains significant damage or ...

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9. Aviation safety - Wikipedia

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   An Air Malta crewman performing a pre-flight inspection of an Airbus A320.. Aviation safety is the study and practice of managing risks in aviation.This includes preventing aviation accidents and incidents through research, educating air travel personnel, passengers and the general public, as well as the design of aircraft and aviation infrastructure.