Monday, November 15, 2010

SQ006 Runway Excursion Accident



•       Scheduled flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chiang Kai-Shek Airport in Taiwan.
•       On October 31, 2000, 23:17 local time, Singapore Airlines flight 006 took off from the wrong runway.
•       The aircraft impacted with the ground equipment on the closed runway. The impact destroyed the aircraft and killed 83 of the 179 occupants.
•        SQ006 was the first fatal crash of a Singapore Airlines aircraft.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

The TAiwan Civil Aviation safety REporting (TACARE) System in Aircraft Maintenance: An Evaluation Of The Acceptance Of Voluntary Incident Reporting Programs For Maintenance Personnel In Taiwan For Maintenance Personnel In Taiwan

The purpose of this research was to examine the effectiveness of the TAiwan Civil Aviation safety REporting (TACARE) system for maintenance personnel to improve aircraft safety. The research evaluated what are the issues that affect the participation of the TACARE system. The understandings of the safety culture for maintenance personnel in Taiwan were also analyzed. The research was conducted with a mixed method. The survey and interview were developed to sample the acceptance and opinions regarding the TACARE system for the maintenance personnel in Taiwan. Statistical analysis of the data from 605 survey respondents and 9 interviewees concluded the maintenance personnel in Taiwan lacked the necessary knowledge of voluntary safety reporting. The results yielded the agreement with importance of promoting voluntary safety reporting programs in Taiwanese aircraft maintenance industry.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

飛安自願報告系統在航機修護上的應用


研究簡述

本論文旨在探討在航機修護方面,飛安自願報告系統(TACARE)對飛安改善的成效,本研究評估各個可能影響飛安自願報告系統(TACARE)使用率的因素,同時並進一步分析台灣航機修護的安全文化,透過問卷以及電話訪談的方式來收集修護人員對飛安自願報告系統(TACARE)的接受度與意見,從605份問卷和9名受訪者的回應當中發現台灣的航機修護人員普遍缺對飛安自願報告的資訊,因此,本研究的結論認為有關單位有需要加強對航機修護人員宣導使用飛安自願報告系統(TACARE)。