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	UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch
		The accident was notified to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) on 9 January 1998 at 1530 hrs and the investigation was initiated that afternoon.
		In this configuration the upwards blast of the condenser exhaust air impinged on the underside of the floor panels, floor support structure and several wiring looms, and it was apparent that a proportion of this flow was re-circulated through the inlet of the condenser heat exchanger.
		The worst case temperature of condenser discharge air is about 155°F however in the cruise it is usually in the region of 90°F. The blue painted cover for the chiller unit was made from a single sheet of aluminium folded to form the top and two sides of the box, and its attachment flanges.
	www.iasa.com.au /folders/sr111/United767Heathrow.htm (12678 words)

	Paul Louis Halley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was killed in a Socata TBM 700 aircraft crash on December 6, 2003 during approach to Oxford Airport.
		The Air Accidents Investigation Branch could find no cause for the crash.
		There was no technical problems with the plane, and they could only speculate that the pilot of the plane was distracted by a bird as he tried to land.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Louis_Halley (228 words)

	Air Malta puts in force extra safety measures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Air Malta in a press release said that UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report on the incident that occurred to Air Malta’s flight KM 197 (Glasgow-Malta) on the 1st September 2004 confirmed that Air Malta operates within the tyre manufacturer’s specifications and aviation industry standards.
		Air Malta operates to European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAR) standards and is locally overseen by the Malta Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and all engineering and flight operations practices must conform to State and International regulatory aviation standards.
		Air Malta is also in the final stages of concluding the report on this and the other similar incident that occurred to flight KM572 (13th August 2004) flying to Moscow Domododevo.
	www.maltamedia.com /news/2005/ln/printer_5183.shtml (665 words)

	LOCKERBIE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
		The accident was notified to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch at 19.40 hrs on the 21 December 1988 and the investigation commenced that day.
		The airport security and criminal aspects of the accident are the subject of a separate investigation and are not covered in this report which concentrates on the technical aspects of the disintegration of the aircraft.
		If the accident had occurred when the aircraft was over the sea, it is very probable that the relatively few small items of structure, luggage and clothing showing positive evidence of the detonation of an explosive device would not have been recovered.
	members.aol.com /seaeje/PA103/report.htm (13536 words)

	The Transport Security Administration - two years on (after 911)
		An official accident report released last night revealed a fatigue crack had contributed to the collapse of the undercarriage as the plane touched down in May, 2001.
		The Air Accidents Investigation Branch report on behalf of the Department of Transport confirmed this was the third case of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 suffering landing gear failure due to fatigue cracking.
		The AAIB is aware of a further case of MLG failure due to a similar mechanism, occurring to an aircraft of the same type with a Chinese operator in April 1997.
	www.iasa.com.au /folders/Safety_Issues/others/jetcrak.html (1268 words)

	The terror of the Coventry air crash
		Air investigators have begun sifting through the wreckage of a plane that crashed at an air show killing its pilot.
		Investigators are expected to study footage of the crash, which was captured on video by an off-duty BBC cameraman.
		Investigators looking into last month's crash at Coventry Air Show believe the tragedy may have happened because of a major structural failure one of the wings.
	www.charleslindbergh.com /plane/crash.asp (1506 words)

	Accident Investigation
		The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is part of the Department for Transport and is responsible for the investigation of civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK.
		The fundamental purpose of the AAIB is to improve aviation safety by determining the causes of air accidents and serious incidents and making safety recommendations intended to prevent recurrence.
		The fundamental purpose of MAIB accident investigations is to determine the circumstances and causes of the accident with a view to preserve life and avoid accidents in the future, not to apportion blame or liability.
	www.dft.gov.uk /stellent/groups/dft_accidentinvest/documents/sectionhomepage/dft_accidentinvest_page.hcsp (198 words)

	Articles - Air safety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Of particular significance was the Air Commerce Act 1926, which required pilots and aircraft to be examined and licensed, for accidents to be properly investigated, and for the establishment of safety rules and navigation aids, under the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce.
		Fortunately, the fatal incident rate has continued to decline steadily ever since, and since 1997, the number of fatal air accidents has been no more than 1 for every 2,000,000,000 miles flown, making it one of the safest modes of transport.
		An electrical fire on Air Canada Flight 797 in 1983 caused the deaths of 23 of the 46 passengers, resulting in the introduction of floor level lighting to assist people to evacuate a smoke filled aircraft.
	www.izeez.com /articles/Air_safety (2155 words)

	Air Accident Investigation Branc
		The United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is part of the Department for Transport and is responsible for the Investigation of civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK.
		The fundamental purpose of investigating accidents is to determine the circumstances and causes of the accident with a view to the preservation of life and the avoidance of accidents in the future; It is not to apportion blame or liability
		SRG must satisfy itself that aircraft are properly designed, manufactured, operated and maintained; that airlines are competent; that flight crews, air traffic controllers and aircraft maintenance engineers are fit and competent; that licensed aerodromes are safe to use and that air traffic services and general aviation activities meet required safety standards.
	www.chirp.co.uk /New/Aviation/Links/AirTransportLinks.htm (812 words)

	AIN Online: Signature Flight Support expands into Greece The Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the UK’s ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Epps Air Service crew consisted of the commander, designated as pilot in command but who flew right seat, and the handling pilot, in the left seat, who was one of four company captains qualified on the Challenger.
		The accident investigators could not determine whether the pilots took the medication because both had colds or to overcome jet lag.
		Although investigators could not be sure exactly where the passengers and observer pilot were seated, they determined that the aircraft would have been within the originally certified normal weight and c.g.
	www.ainonline.com /issues/10_04/10_04_signatureflightp16.html (1422 words)

	Subject Listing for Aircraft safety - accident investigation and reports
		The United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is part of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), and is responsible for the investigation of civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the United Kingdom.
		While accident models are a way to organise data and set priorities in accident investigations, at the same time they may either act as a filter in the collection of data that narrows the investigation or they may expand the investigation forcing consideration of factors that are often omitted.
		The task of the BFU is to investigate accidents and serious incidents to civil aircraft in Germany and to determine the causes of the occurrences.
	aerade.cranfield.ac.uk /subject-listing/tran11.html (10028 words)

	Air Malta Captain on Air Accident Investigation Course
		The course, which was sponsored by the Ministry for Transport and Communications was conducted by the Safety and Accidents Investigation Faculty of the University and facilitated by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom.
		The course held at Cranfield, is the standard training programme for all investigators enrolling in the ranks of the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch.Course delegates were multi cultural and occupations diverse, ranging from British and Australian Naval Officers to Japanese accident investigators.
		Captain Caruana is Manager Flight Safety and Quality for Air Malta and also heads the Bureau of Air Accident Investigation as Chief Inspector of Accidents for the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
	www.di-ve.com /dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=103704&pid=80 (296 words)

	Air Safety Week: Required Recorders
		The UK investigation of the fatal stall of a de Havilland Dash 7 during an engineering test flight in November 1998 was both helped and hindered by the recorders on the airplane.
		The investigation was hindered by seized motor bearings on the cockpit voice recorder, which rendered it inoperative.
		The investigation was aided by a functioning flight data recorder, which enabled investigators to recreate all but the last second or so of the aircraft's final flight.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_1_14/ai_58472799 (413 words)

	ipedia.com: Air safety Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Of particular significance was the Air Commerce Act 1926, which required pilots and aircraft to be examined and lice...
		While aircraft are able to withstand normal lightning strikes, the dangers of more powerful positive lightning were not understood until the destruction of a glider in 1999 [1].
		Stalling an aircraft (reducing the speed to a point at which the wings fail to produce enough lift) is a potential danger, but is normally recoverable.
	www.ipedia.com /air_safety.html (1011 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 23 Oct 2000 (pt 5)
		The examination of the FADEC system of Chinook ZD576 was carried out by a Senior Inspector of Air Accidents (Engineering) of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) as part of their independent technical investigation as advisers to the RAF Board of Inquiry into the accident.
		This type of assistance is routine in such technical investigations and any testing carried out by a manufacturer is directed and supervised by a member of the AAIB to ensure impartial and unbiased advice is received.
		All medical investigations following military accidents, including the 1994 Chinook crash and the crash on 1 June 1995 of Harrier GR7 ZG475, are carried out to standards agreed by NATO, and these are comparable to those of the Air Accidents Investigation Board for similar investigations following civil aircraft accidents.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo001023/text/01023w05.htm (1431 words)

	Useful Air Accident Investigation Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) is part of the Department of Transport, and is...
		The Air Accident Investigation Unit conducts its investigations of aviation accidents and...
		Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB)...
	www.gpac.org.uk /directory/1/air-accident-investigation.html (463 words)

	Air Accidents Investigation Branch: History
		It was established in 1915 when Captain C B Cockburn was appointed to the independent post of "Inspector of Accidents" for the RFC, reporting directly to the Director General of Military Aeronautics in the War Office.
		At the end of the First World War a Department of Civil Aviation was set up in the Air Ministry and the AIB became part of that Department being concerned with investigation of both civil and military accidents.
		The Air Navigation Act 1920 gave the Secretary of State for Air power to make regulations for the investigation of civil air accidents and the first regulations made for this purpose were the Air Navigation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations 1922.
	www.aaib.dft.gov.uk /about_us/history.cfm?view=print&view=screen (224 words)

	FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY IN THE UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Air accidents investigation branch : report on the accident to Boeing 234 LR_G BWFC 2.2 miles:review before Sheriff P.G.B. McNeill.
		Air accidents investigation branch : report on the accident 747.
		Report of the chief inspector of Marine Accidents into the engine failure and subsequent grounding of the motor tanker BRAER at Garths Ness, Shetland on 5th January 1993.
	dragon.herts.ac.uk /project/hertsii.htm (2476 words)

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		Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) - Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).
		Home - Laboratory Investigation - Laboratory Investigation is devoted to the publication of current research that significantly advances the understanding of human and experimental disease.
		Transport Accident Investigation Commission - The principal purpose of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) is to determine the circumstances and causes of accidents and incidents with a
	www.diseasedirectory.net /Neurological_Disorders/Autonomic_Nervous_System/default.aspx (1088 words)

	AAIB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The AAIB is responsible for investigating all aircraft accidents or incidents in the UK as well as those involving British owned or registered aircraft elsewhere.
		Rob Carter briefed me on the general structure of the AAIB and I was also invited to sit in on a presentation given to the local fire service as part of their familiarisation of dealing with an aircraft accident.
		As a result of the investigation work conducted at Manchester, Ed Trimble was encouraged to embark on a (part-time) PhD thesis on fire management - particularly investigating fire related fatalities in previous accidents and research on the value and merits of areas to reduce fatality rate.
	www.users.bigpond.com /bruceandmeg/Churchill_Report/AAIB.htm (617 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Oxfordshire \| Tycoon air death 'was accidental'
		An inquest jury has returned a verdict of accidental death after one of the world's richest men died in an air crash in Oxfordshire.
		Shortly after the accident, the then French prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, paid tribute to him as a "shining personality" and brilliant businessman.
		An earlier investigation by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch into the crash on 6 December 2003 reached no definite conclusion.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4354280.stm (198 words)

	Jumbo jet's crew clung to faulty door at 21,000 ft
		This was followed by whistling noises from around the door frame, according to an Air Accidents Investigation Branch report published yesterday.
		Two members of the cabin crew managed to force the door latch back into the closed position but continued to be frightened at what might happen and used spare seatbelt extensions to tie the handle in place.
		Further investigations revealed that the door warning light had come on during flights on six days out of the seven leading up to the incident.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/05/13/njum13.html (652 words)

	NOVA Online \| Vanished!
		The program investigates the mysterious disappearance -- and, half a century later, reappearance -- of Stardust, a civilian aircraft that crashed in the Andes in 1947.
		Questions as to what really happened have attended aircraft accidents ever since Orville Wright crashed a plane in Fort Meyer, Virginia in 1908, killing his copilot.
		This timeline reviews a number of accidents -- from Wright's to that of Egypt Air 990 -- around which questions still linger like a dank mist.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/vanished (221 words)

	gbjrt
		The accident was notified by Southampton Airport Air Traffic Control to the Department of Transport on Sunday 10 June 1990 and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) began an investigation the same day.
		At 18,000 feet the wind was 360° at 17 kt and the air temperature was minus 17°C. The freezing level was at 9,000 feet.
		The experience of accidents involving aircraft maintenance shows that an accident usually occurs as a result of a series of errors, and that the probability of the accident occurring is low compared with the probabilities of the individual failures in the chain of events leading to it.
	www.dcs.gla.ac.uk /research/gaag/level4_99/stevenss/gbjrt.html (16806 words)

	Man hurt in helicopter crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is at the scene
		The 44-year-old was taken by air ambulance to Selly Oak Hospital in Birmigham where he is being treated for multiple injuries.
		An inquiry has been started by the Air Accident Investigation Branch and the police.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2002/October/bbc191002b.htm (135 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Near misses spark air safety call
		Air accident investigators are urging a review of air safety over parts of Britain after a series of near misses between civilian and military jets.
		The AAIB report urges the Civil Aviation Authority to "re-examine the airspace categorisation, procedures and services currently available to Civil Air Transport aircraft...with the aim of ensuring that a level of protection is afforded to such aircraft from military aircraft".
		It should be conducted "with the aim of eliminating airproxes [aircraft proximities] and potential collisions, with likely large scale loss of life," the AAIB said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3709567.stm (382 words)

	Investigation related Internet links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Papers and essays about investigation issues, focused especially on aircraft accidents and investigations, are posted at this Bielefeld University site, including discussions of investigation logic and data presentation.
		The purpose of crime scene investigation is to help establish what happened (crime scene reconstruction) and to identify the responsible person.
		A mishap investigation manual and proposed revisions are available to researchers on-line at this source.
	www.iprr.org /LIB/6Inet02.html (699 words)

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