Airplane disasters are not like freak acts of nature. They don't just happen. They don't just happen because someone touch the wrong switch, or made one mistake. One Philosopher once said, "flying is inherently safe, but just like the sea it is terribly unforgiving for recklessness".
So, what is an accident? An aircraft accident is defined as for the purpose of flight from one point of origin to destination if an aircraft suffers damage, fatalities, injuries, or damage to property. One thing to understand is that all accidents are caused by a chain of events. Sometimes these chain of events are started hours, weeks, or months before the actual accident in some rare cases. When we refer to a chain of events we mean a series of mistakes, or bad judgment. Not getting the right information in time in order to make the best decision could also lead to mistakes. Lets look at an example. The attack on 9/11 didn't happen because U.S Customs failed to discover that terrorist was attempting to slip into the country. The attacks on 9/11 happened because the U.S. Government made a series of mistakes from the CIA, DOD, Customs, FAA, & FBI. Similarly, when you have an airline accident usually there are a group of people who made mishaps that contributed to the accident from the pilots, air traffic controllers, maintenance etc. However, one of the reasons why flying is so safe is because the same group of people are maintaining situational awareness to provide you a safe flight. Statistics also say it would take a B737 to crash everyday for a year, & it would still be 25,000 years before your number to be up.
However, you would never think that from all the negative news coverage from the media when an accident does occur. Usually, it takes weeks later before we discover all the chain of events that led to a specific accident. Investigators will piece together the accident with help from the flight data recorder, & cockpit voice recorder. The flight data recorder records the aircraft parameters like speed, altitude,& track. The CVR records the actual cockpit conversation. Pilots are taught CRM, or Cockpit Resource Management in order to guard against making errors that lead to a chain of events. CRM is a new concept that came around in the 1980's. It means using all your resources including equipment, procedures, & people to promote safety, & enhance the efficiency of flight operations. An example of a flight crew using CRM is lets say a crew heard a small vibration on a flight. The crew will investigate that vibration using resources like the checklist, checking with the flight attendants, the passengers, or calling maintenance while in flight so as to solve the problem of finding the source of that vibration. In otherwords, everyone including passengers have an input when it comes to safety. All it takes to avoid an accident is a well trained crew using CRM to avoid that critical chain of events, or recognizing when you started that chain & recovering from it. In the real world when a captain of a flight notices that a error in judgement were made, the captain will evaluate that mistake, risk, remedy, & refocus on methodically paying attention to details to continue a safe flight.
Captain Simmons is a MD-80 pilot for a major air carrier with over 20 years experience. To learn more please visit our site at [http://www.flyinganxiety.com]
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So, what is an accident? An aircraft accident is defined as for the purpose of flight from one point of origin to destination if an aircraft suffers damage, fatalities, injuries, or damage to property. One thing to understand is that all accidents are caused by a chain of events. Sometimes these chain of events are started hours, weeks, or months before the actual accident in some rare cases. When we refer to a chain of events we mean a series of mistakes, or bad judgment. Not getting the right information in time in order to make the best decision could also lead to mistakes. Lets look at an example. The attack on 9/11 didn't happen because U.S Customs failed to discover that terrorist was attempting to slip into the country. The attacks on 9/11 happened because the U.S. Government made a series of mistakes from the CIA, DOD, Customs, FAA, & FBI. Similarly, when you have an airline accident usually there are a group of people who made mishaps that contributed to the accident from the pilots, air traffic controllers, maintenance etc. However, one of the reasons why flying is so safe is because the same group of people are maintaining situational awareness to provide you a safe flight. Statistics also say it would take a B737 to crash everyday for a year, & it would still be 25,000 years before your number to be up.
However, you would never think that from all the negative news coverage from the media when an accident does occur. Usually, it takes weeks later before we discover all the chain of events that led to a specific accident. Investigators will piece together the accident with help from the flight data recorder, & cockpit voice recorder. The flight data recorder records the aircraft parameters like speed, altitude,& track. The CVR records the actual cockpit conversation. Pilots are taught CRM, or Cockpit Resource Management in order to guard against making errors that lead to a chain of events. CRM is a new concept that came around in the 1980's. It means using all your resources including equipment, procedures, & people to promote safety, & enhance the efficiency of flight operations. An example of a flight crew using CRM is lets say a crew heard a small vibration on a flight. The crew will investigate that vibration using resources like the checklist, checking with the flight attendants, the passengers, or calling maintenance while in flight so as to solve the problem of finding the source of that vibration. In otherwords, everyone including passengers have an input when it comes to safety. All it takes to avoid an accident is a well trained crew using CRM to avoid that critical chain of events, or recognizing when you started that chain & recovering from it. In the real world when a captain of a flight notices that a error in judgement were made, the captain will evaluate that mistake, risk, remedy, & refocus on methodically paying attention to details to continue a safe flight.
Captain Simmons is a MD-80 pilot for a major air carrier with over 20 years experience. To learn more please visit our site at [http://www.flyinganxiety.com]
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