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Drones—what’s next?
It is the year 2030 at a busy coastal international airport. From the top of the terminal building, commuter drones taxi incoming passengers to...
Minutes to midnight
Behind what appeared to be an open-and-shut case of human error was a set trap of human and technical factors that was ready to...
Just a little bit over
by Nick Stobie
Almost all Australians are familiar with the Transport Accident Commission’s campaigns against drink driving. They’re prolific, confronting and by many metrics very...
Any one of us
by Thomas P. Turner
I was in the right front seat of a Cessna twin en route from Cowra to Archerfield airport near Brisbane. After...
Reprise: Night of the Comet
The first edition of Aviation Safety Digest in 1953 reported on the runway overrun of a de Havilland Comet 1 in Rome, the previous...
Pushing the boundaries
by Brendan Reinhardt
A new mental model of pilot-induced oscillation brings insights that might help you stop it happening to you.
A hard-working pilot drives home...
Knowledge is power—how understanding IFR can benefit a VFR pilot
by Kreisha Ballantyne
In the late 19th century, a Polish ophthalmologist named L. L. Zamenhof created a universal second language called Esperanto. His goal was...
International accidents 30 June – 31 August 2019
Date 30 June
Aircraft Beechcraft King Air 350
Location Dallas Addison Airport, Texas, USA
Fatalities 10
Description On take-off, aircraft drifted to the left, and then...
Situation deadly, but not serious
Saudia Flight 163
19 August 1980, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
In-flight fire followed by successful landing
Passengers: 287
Crew: 14
Survivors:...
Take-off accident—DH Comet at Rome
Excerpt from the original Aviation Safety Digest Number 1, 1953
Take-off accident—DH Comet at Rome on 26th October, 1952 (Accident No 7009)
While taking off from...
