Book Review: Fatal Civil Aircraft Accidents

Fatal light aircraft accidents in Papua New Guinea.

The number of light aircraft (less than 5,700) in the developing world is small compared to those in the West, and little information on aviation accidents is readily available from developing countries. Papua New Guinea, enjoys a priviledged position, since aviation was introduced early and much of the country was opened through flying. During the period of Australian trusteeship until indepen...

Book Review: Cases on Civil Procedure

Characteristics and toxicological processing of postmortem pilot specimens* from fatal civil aviation accidents.

INTRODUCTION Autopsied biosamples from civil aviation accident pilot fatalities are submitted to the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) for toxicological evaluation. However, such evaluation is dependent on types and amounts of submitted samples, and obtaining suitable samples is governed by the nature of the accident. Characteristics of those samples and associated toxicological processi...

Book Review: A History of Continental Civil Procedure

Prevalence of drugs and alcohol in fatal civil aviation accidents between 1994 and 1998.

BACKGROUND The use of drugs and alcohol in aviation is closely monitored by the FAA Office of Aviation Medicine's (OAM's) Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI) through the toxicological analysis of specimens from pilots who have died in aviation accidents. METHOD Frozen specimens received from local pathologists were tested and the results entered into a computer database for future analysis. Th...