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Business jet safety and accident study [PDF]

, 2013
As world transport has grown in complexity, so has public pressure for safe flight. The scheduled airline industry has a consistently good safety record. Unfortunately, the business jet industry has not kept pace with the airline safety statistics and
Sears, R. W.
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An Innovative Leadership Effectiveness Measure: Applied Analytic Indicators of High-Consequence Industry Performance

, 2012
Leadership effectiveness in high-consequence industries has more than a bottom-line fiscal impact; it is linked to critical issues of human safety. Performance, productivity and overall quality of service have to be managed with focus on improvement in ...
Bowen, E. E., Headley, Dean E., Küçükönal, Hatice, Bowen, Erin E., Wildt, Clay, Bowen, B. D., Headley, D. E., Bowen, Brent D., Wildt, Clay T., Wildt, C. T.   +9 more
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A Review of Airtanker Drop Characteristics, Effectiveness, and Future Research Directions

Fire
Aerial forest firefighting is a critical technology for wildfire suppression. Recent studies have examined suppression agent drop dynamics, deposition patterns, and optimization strategies. This review synthesizes advances from three perspectives: (i) in-
Ji Wu, Qiuze An, Jiang Huang, Wanki Chow, Yuanhua He   +4 more
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Fire Safety Characteristics of Pine Wood Under Low Pressure and Oxygen Enrichment

Fire
Oxygen enrichment at high altitudes indoors can be effective in meeting demand. However, the high oxygen environment inevitably brings about additional fire hazards, and the specific changes are still unclear.
Sijie Ding, Xuhong Jia, Junhao Ma, Jing Tang, Wenbing Li   +4 more
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Air traffic management safety challenges [PDF]

, 2007
The primary goal of the Air Traffic Management (ATM) system is to control accident risk. ATM safety has improved over the decades for many reasons, from better equipment to additional safety defences.
Brooker, Peter
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Selection of Appropriate Clean Fire Suppression Agents in Aircraft Cargo Compartments by Ranking System

Fire
Appropriate Halon-free fire suppression agents for aircraft cargo compartments are important in civil aviation safety. There are many products available and selecting an appropriate agent for civil aircraft cargo compartments under specific requirements ...
Xiaotong Huang, Xuhong Jia, Tao Hu, Wanki Chow, Ziqi Zhao   +4 more
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The economics of safety: A case study of the UK offshore helicopter industry [PDF]

, 2006
The International Civil Aviation Organisation maintains that future viability of air transportation may well be predicated on perception of safety rather than any more tangible measures.
Mitchell, S.
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The methodology of increasing the functional safety of aviation enterprises

, 2018
Functional safety of aviation enterprises (control towers and airports) depends significantly on the state of the system "Aviation Security Service – entities that commit acts of unlawful interference in the operation of airports" and the functional ...
Temnikov, A, Павленко, Петро Миколайович, Temnikov, V, Temnikova, O, Temnikov, Andrii, Temnikov, Volodymyr, Temnikova, Olena, Pavlenko, Petro   +7 more
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Implications of evolving civil aviation safety regulations on the safety outcomes of air transport industry and airports

Aviation, 2014
Historically, the aviation industry has been highly regulated under national and international regulations and various agreements due to instinctive safety risks associated with operations of an aircraft.
Devinder K. Yadav, Hamid Nikraz
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Measuring safety in aviation: developing metrics for safety management systems

, 2020
As part of their SMS, aviation service providers are required to develop and maintain the means to verify the safety performance of their organisation and to validate the effectiveness of safety risk controls.
Roelen, A., Papanikou, M.
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