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Airline safety — some lessons from Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

G. R. Braithwaite  and
R. E. Caves
G. R. Braithwaite
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering and Transport StudiesLoughborough University, UK
R. E. Caves
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering and Transport StudiesLoughborough University, UK
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Since 1993, research at Loughborough University has included examining the commercial air safety record of Australia in an attempt to rise to the challenge posed by Professor James Reason: “Should we not be studying what makes organisations relatively safe rather than focusing upon their moments of unsafety? Would it not be a good idea to try and find out what makes them good and whether or not these ingredients could be bottled and handed on?”.

The objective is not to prove Australia to be the safest place to fly, nor its airlines the safest in the world. It is simply to examine what sort of defences are in place that may be strengthened or emulated.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 101 , Issue 1001 , January 1997 , pp. 29 - 33
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1997 

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