Air crash
Flight Safety Resources
09/06/08 06:03 Filed in: Safety
As an NGO Security Advisor sooner or later someone is
going to ask you if it is safe to use a particular
airline. While I think it is generally best to leave
the assessment to the experts it is obviously not
always possible. These resources can help you out.
The EU’s list of airlines banned within the EU (pdf) is a good place to start when assessing airline safety.
The Aviation Safety Network’s Aviation Safety Database is updated every week and contains descriptions of over 12,200 airliner, military transport category aircraft and corporate jet aircraft safety incidents. I find list of incidents by departure/destination airports especially useful when assessing risk.
The FlightSafe Consultants' Airline Safety website can be a very valuable resource but unfortunately it was not working last time I tried it.
Finally you shouldn’t overlook the simple expedient of googling the airline name along with ‘accident’ or ‘safety’.
The EU’s list of airlines banned within the EU (pdf) is a good place to start when assessing airline safety.
The Aviation Safety Network’s Aviation Safety Database is updated every week and contains descriptions of over 12,200 airliner, military transport category aircraft and corporate jet aircraft safety incidents. I find list of incidents by departure/destination airports especially useful when assessing risk.
The FlightSafe Consultants' Airline Safety website can be a very valuable resource but unfortunately it was not working last time I tried it.
Finally you shouldn’t overlook the simple expedient of googling the airline name along with ‘accident’ or ‘safety’.
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UN Helicopter Crash in Nepal
03/03/08 20:19 Filed in: Security
Incident
According media reports ten bodies have been pulled
from the wreckage of a UN helicopter that crashed in
bad weather in Nepal. The helicopter was returning
with UN arms inspectors from a camp in Eastern Nepal.
Somewhat surprisingly there seems to be some confusion as to how many passengers were on board. In my experience with UN helicopter flights passenger manifests were checked repeatedly. At the time it I thought it was annoying. Now it just seems prudent.
Somewhat surprisingly there seems to be some confusion as to how many passengers were on board. In my experience with UN helicopter flights passenger manifests were checked repeatedly. At the time it I thought it was annoying. Now it just seems prudent.
Surviving an Air Crash
Popular Mechanics has an interesting article on how
to survive an airline accident in "Safest Seat on a
Plane". It seems there is some benefit to
being unable to afford first class.