Safety in air transport
Safety is a basic element of air transport. Several measures are related to aviation that is made to fulfil the high safety standard. Nevertheless, the industry still face various kinds of accidents that average to 560 deaths annually that need to be seriously looked into to determine what could be done to prevent them from reoccurring. Thus, it is essential that investigators have an open mind so that they do not concentrate on one thing and therefore miss another. Accident investigation is a systematic procedure that identifies and removes all potential causes of an adverse event before the remaining causes are established as relevant to that investigation.
First, where other defects that were not part of this accident are found during the investigation, they should be noted by the investigative team and presented to the relevant authority. According to Kahuho-Mwarari (2014), even though it could not be part of the inquiry, such information should be carefully looked into and corrected by the responsible team to prevent an accident that could occur due to such deficiencies. Therefore, the investigation team must not just focus on getting the exact cause of an accident at a particular time but have a broader perspective approach that would safeguard the future of the industry
Besides, it is crucial that every aircraft is fitted with the latest and modern equipment that would, to some extent, assist in preventing inevitable accidents. Most Controlled Flight Into Terrain accidents occur since GPWS are never installed in such aircraft which would provide warnings of the impending crashes to the pilots (Zhang & Xing, 2018). In Mr Phillip’s article, it is noted that 75% of Controlled Flight Into Terrain accidents occur during no precision instrument approach procedures that lack proper and organized guidance.
Lastly, in the aviation industry, human-related accidents have become more familiar. Investigating team should work very hard to reduce errors caused by the pilots. Thus, for aviation companies, a high degree of safety and reliability must be built. Distinguishing organizational standards that enhance high safety reliability, safety efficiency and low pilot error rates that improve understanding of the relationship between pilot actions and high-risk situations that have been developed. According to Helmreich, Wilhelm, Klinect & Merritt (2001), pilot conduct is critical to sustaining high safety efficiency and can be affected by the implementation of a positive safety culture in the organization.
Many ideas about causing accidents have typically concentrated on avoiding accidents by simplifying the problem into the “what happened,” “why it happened.” and “who was responsible”. This reactive approach does not help to determine the root causes of the problem and to avoid similar events in the future. The stakeholders will then accept methodologies to seek and determine the “WHY it happened” and find the correct protections and avoid reoccurrences. The blaming of an individual must, therefore, be removed from the equation.