Fatal 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...

Pilot-induced factors in fatal light aircraft accidents in the United Kingdom: 1969-1981.

The author reviews 52 personally investigated fatal light aircraft accidents involving 8 professional pilots and 44 private pilots. In 22 of the 52 accidents the presence of any pre-crash defect or malfunction of airframe, engine, or flying controls was definitely excluded. In the opinion of the author there was a "pilot-induced" factor in 35 (69.3%) of the 52 fatal accidents. The author discus...

Alcohol associated with fatal light aircraft accidents, United Kingdom-1964-1973.

A total of 86 fatal light aircraft accidents in the United Kingdom from January 1964 to December 1973 are reviewed, in which tissue alcohol determinations were undertaken on 102 pilots. Alcohol was detected in 34 cases varying from small amounts of 313 mg/100 ml. The difficulties of interpretation of post mortem tissue alcohol levels are discussed with particular reference to those cases with m...

An Epidemiological Study of Fatal and Non-Fatal Industrial Accidents in Semnan, Iran

Background: Due to the importance of industrial accidents in workplaces, the current study aimed at epidemiologically investigating occupational accidents in some industrial sites in Semnan, Iran. Materials and Methods: The current descriptive-analytical study was conducted on all accidents taking place from 2014 to 2016 in some industrial sites in Semnan. The data were extracted from the Depa...

Increasing the Survival Rate in Aircraft Accidents