Research papers

“Old” and “new” safety thinking: Perspectives of aviation safety investigators

Abstract The development of various safety paradigms over time has led to public discussions that tend to highlight a dichotomy between the so-called “old” and “new” safety thinking.

Pilot Study of Combined Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Fatigue for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: Inflammatory and Epigenetic Changes

This pilot study examined whether a combined aerobic resistance exercise program reduced fatigue and the potential inflammatory and epigenetic mechanisms in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) receiving intensity-mo…

Aviation Safety: A Whole New World?

In 2017, over four billion passengers worldwide embarked on air journeys on scheduled flights. Only eight of them were killed in air accidents. Viewed in isolation, this outcome would suggest that ...

Sensing for aerospace combustor health monitoring

Purpose This paper proposes new methods of fault detection for fuel systems in order to improve system availability. Novel fault systems are required for environmentally friendly lean burn combustion, but can carry high …

Analysis of Runway Incursion Trends: Implications for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mitigation Investments

Urban Air Mobility: Safety Challenges

Abstract Aviation industry has increased its potential in the last 100 years. From the first steps whereas aviation 1.0 can be defined as the period between the first powered flight (1903) and the advent of the first com…

Safety intelligence: Incremental proactive risk management for holistic aviation safety performance

Abstract Aviation safety is traditionally managed based on the analysis of accidents and incidents. Such strategies allowed aviation safety to evolve greatly, but have the major drawback of being reactive, i.e.

Challenges in Vehicle Safety and Occupant Protection for Autonomous electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) Vehicles

The burgeoning electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicle industry has generated a significant level of enthusiasm amongst aviation designers, manufacturers and researchers.

Analysis of interactions between Urban Air Mobility (UAM) operations and current air traffic in urban areas: Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) study for UAM Operations

This paper presents a preliminary modeling and analysis of interactions between proposed UAM operations and present-day conventional traffic if UAM operations occurred along FAAapproved helicopter routes and altitude cei…

Investigating the moderating effects of multi group on safety performance: The case of civil aviation

Abstract The main purpose of this study is to analyze the moderating effects of the multi-group in the relationship safety management system (SMS) and human factors (HF) and civil aviation safety (CAS) performance and to…

Vision-model-based Real-time Localization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Autonomous Structure Inspection under GPS-denied Environment

UAVs have been widely used in visual inspections of buildings, bridges and other structures. In either outdoor autonomous or semi-autonomous flights missions strong GPS signal is vital for UAV to locate its own positions…

How does aviation industry measure safety performance Current practice and limitations

In this paper we present a review of existing aviation safety metrics and we lay the foundation for our four-years research project entitled “Measuring Safety in Aviation – Developing Metrics for Safety Management System…

Meteorological Impacts on Commercial Aviation Delays and Cancellations in the Continental United States

Weather creates numerous operational and safety hazards within the National Airspace System (NAS). In 2014, extreme weather events attributed 4.3% to the total number of delay minutes recorded by the Bureau of Transporta…

Aeroecology meets aviation safety: early warning systems in Europe and the Middle East prevent collisions between birds and aircraft

The aerosphere is utilized by billions of birds, moving for different reasons and from short to great distances spanning tens of thousands of kilometres.

Human Performance Contributions to Safety in Commercial Aviation

Forecasting and assessing consequences of aviation safety occurrences

Abstract Aviation safety is essential for the healthy growth and sustainability of the global economy. The implementation of Safety Management Systems to support safe service delivery has become one of the most important…

Consequences of flight crew fatigue on the safety of civil aviation

Abstract From the scientific research and accident investigations, we are aware of the effects of fatigue on our performance. The 24/7 nature of aviation business implies that fatigue will always be a risk factor.

Design, scope and focus of safety recommendations: results from aviation safety investigations

Abstract Literature and industry standards do not mention inclusive guidelines to generate safety recommendations. Following a literature review, we suggest nine design criteria as well as the classification of safety re…

A Hybrid HFACS-BN Model for Analysis of Mongolian Aviation Professionals’ Awareness of Human Factors Related to Aviation Safety

Safety is crucial to ensure the sustainability of aviation growth. To better clarify the influences of human factors on aviation accident risks, this study developed a hybrid HFACS-BN model (HFACS: Human Factors Analysis…

A causal encounter model of traffic collision avoidance system operations for safety assessment and advisory optimization in high-density airspace

Abstract The traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) acts as a proverbially accepted last-resort means to resolve encounters effectively, while it also has been proven to potentially induce a collision in the hectic ai…

Commercial Aviation Safety Survey

Development taxonomy of human risk factors for corporate sustainability in aviation sector

PurposeContemporary management and strategy mean optimization of ingredient factors such as human factors, systems, operations and equipment.

IMPLEMENTATION OF AVIATION SAFETY STANDARDS AND PERFORMANCE OF AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY: A CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVE

Generating synthetic aviation safety data to resample or establish new datasets

Abstract Aviation safety data are limited in availability due to their confidential nature. Some aggregated overviews already exist but in order to effectively use the data, it is important to fill the gaps of their exis…

Aircraft icing: an ongoing threat to aviation safety

A comprehensive review of the past research on aircraft icing is presented, including a simple introduction to the recently rising issue on supercooled large droplet (SLD) icing.

Safety knowledge transfer through mobile virtual reality: A study of aviation life preserver donning

Virtual Reality techniques are used, adapting them to the constraints imposed by on-board aircraft use, such as usage on non-immersive, small displays, and show that the participants who use the mobile VR tool were able …

AMELIA: An application of the Internet of Things for aviation safety

Statistical modelling of runway incursion occurences in the United States

A Review of General Aviation Safety (1984-2017).

Research findings over the past 30 yr will be reviewed, and areas in which general aviation occupant survival could be improved and injury severity mitigated will be discussed with the view of equipping aircraft with cra…

AVIATION SAFETY REGULATION IN THE MULTI-STAKEHOLDER ENVIRONMENT OF AN AIRPORT

Safety is at the heart of the aviation system, accident rates are on a steady downward trend with 2.1 accidents per million departures in 2016, representing the lowest annual aviation accident rate.

From Agricultural Benefits to Aviation Safety: Realizing the Potential of Continent-Wide Radar Networks

Abstract Migratory animals provide a multitude of services and disservices—with benefits or costs in the order of billions of dollars annually.

Aviation 4.0: More Safety through Automation and Digitization

The world is talking about the Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution, that is, the current trend of higher level of automation, digitalization and data exchange in manufacturing technologies.

Crowded skies: Conflicts between expanding goose populations and aviation safety

We here review the collision risks posed by large-bodied, flocking geese to aircraft, exacerbated by recent major increases in northern hemisphere goose populations and air traffic volume.

INFLUENCING FACTORS OF RUNWAY INCURSION RISK AND THEIR INTERACTION MECHANISM BASED ON DEMATEL–ISM

The proposed DEMATEL-ISM method can analyze the influencing factors of runway incursions and their influencing mechanism, thereby offsetting the shortcomings of the linear risk factor statistical model and offering a nov…

Improving Aviation Safety in Indonesia: How Many More Accidents?

Numerous and consecutive aircraft accidents combined with a consistent failure to meet international safety standards in Indonesia, namely from the International Civil Aviation Organization and the European Aviation Safe…

A framework for risk management decisions in aviation safety at state level

Aviation is a key industrial sector for global development. Safety is essential for its healthy growth. However its management is pervaded by simplistic methods based on risk matrices.

Aviation safety and security

The goal of NASA’s Aviation Safety and Security Program (AvSSP) is to develop and demonstrate technologies that contribute to a reduction in the fatal aviation accident rate.

Review on civil aviation safety investment research

NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)

Can we learn from aviation: safety enhancements in transport by achieving human orientated resilient shipping environment

It is well reported in the literature that more than 80% of shipping accidents are attributed to Human/organisational Error. Maritime community has realised that despite all the increased safety standards and technologic…

Sensitivity analysis of stack power uncertainty in a PEMFC-based powertrain for aircraft application

Abstract Experimental data concerning the reliability of fuel cell systems (FCS) in aviation are still unavailable to technical community, while assessing reliability of a component or a whole system represents a fundame…

Modelling runway incursion severity.

A structured framework for modelling causal factors and their relationship to severity is proposed, which includes a description of the airport surface system architecture, establishment of terminological definitions, th…

Effects of sleep/wake history and circadian phase on proposed pilot fatigue safety performance indicators

The Karolinska Sleepiness Scale and Samn–Perelli fatigue ratings, and psychomotor vigilance task performance and mixed‐model analysis of variance examined associations between these measures and sleep/wake history, after…

Commercial Aviation Safety, 5th Edition By Clarence Rodrigues;Stephen Cusick

A risk-based framework for assessment of runway incursion events

A new framework is presented, which is based on the risk of scenarios associated with the initiation of runway incursion events, rather than on the outcomes of the events, to enable effective safety management for the mo…

The Impact of Safety Management Systems on Safety Performance: Commercial Aviation Operations

Assessing network architectures for the more electric engine and aircraft

Analysis of the Effects of Communication and Surveillance Facility Service Outages on Traffic Separations

Evidence is provided that unscheduled service outages of air traffic management facilities are associated with lost or reduced traffic separations and thus can be considered precursors to hazardous loss of separation eve…

Progress in Loss of Control Mitigation

Identification of Causal Paths and Prediction of Runway Incursion Risk by Means of Bayesian Belief Networks

The results in part confirm what is known about the causes of runway incursions, but more important shed light on multifaceted causal interactions in a modeling space that allows causal inference and evaluation of change…