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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Oct 2016, 14:15
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Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I think that there is a big difference between...

I think that there is a big difference between access to video evidence or wreckage - those ultimately are bland facts. Witness statements are different, in that they contain elements of selection,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Sep 2016, 21:18
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Nothing to do with blame and general procedure,...

Nothing to do with blame and general procedure, but something that interested me.

I was at a conference on Friday at Cranfield, where we had a presentation from AAIB on drones (which now seems to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Jul 2016, 21:55
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Because behind that is all the reasons why the...

Because behind that is all the reasons why the pilot failed to initiate a GA

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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Jul 2016, 10:42
Replies: 1,087
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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Not quite what I said. The AAIB report is...

Not quite what I said.

The AAIB report is available to the police, CPS - or anybody else. That report of facts is, formally, only prepared to allow recommendations to be made, and support them. ...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Jul 2016, 22:22
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

My point was not about the fine detail of legal...

My point was not about the fine detail of legal process: which I deliberately avoided discussing, but that unless something is utterly and blatantly criminal, then that is not AAIB's judgement to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Jul 2016, 14:57
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

It is only deemed a criminal act if found to be...

It is only deemed a criminal act if found to be so by a court of law; a deliberate malicious act is in a different category only insofar as it is intentional, but even then, it's still only...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jul 2016, 17:15
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I can't quote chapter and verse, but my...

I can't quote chapter and verse, but my understanding is that if AAIB consider that a crime has been committed, it ceases to be an accident investigation and becomes a criminal investigation which...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
11th Jun 2016, 19:17
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

118.9 - thanks. On the specifics of risk...

118.9 - thanks.

On the specifics of risk assessment, this phrase jumped out at me in the AAIB second interim report:-



The discussion expands then at great length, but basically what it says...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Jun 2016, 16:20
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

(2) Should, not must - for the reasons you say. ...

(2) Should, not must - for the reasons you say. It should certainly be the aspiration.

Regarding airshow management - that is certainly the conclusion of the second interim report by AAIB, and...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Jun 2016, 07:39
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

There are two aspects to airshow safety...

There are two aspects to airshow safety management.

(1) Minimising the risk of a crash.

(2) Ensuring that if that crash ever does happen, it does not affect anybody on the ground.

This is...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Apr 2016, 12:43
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

You did note my inverted commas around "expert" ?...

You did note my inverted commas around "expert" ? They were entirely deliberate, for exactly the reason you give.

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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Apr 2016, 09:30
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Perhaps we should also remind ourselves that...

Perhaps we should also remind ourselves that whilst several investigations are going on around Shoreham - and that is absolutely right and necessary, if anybody *knows* that prosecutions are going to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Apr 2016, 07:30
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Interesting, and I of course accept your point. ...

Interesting, and I of course accept your point.

My experience is of course all about the process of analysing events and submitting "expert " evidence, and very little about the subsequent...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
9th Apr 2016, 14:15
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

As Flying Lawyer has repeatedly reminded us, I'm...

As Flying Lawyer has repeatedly reminded us, I'm not a "legal eagle".

However, I've written quite a lot of expert witness reports, submitted to both criminal and civil courts, and worked alongside...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Apr 2016, 17:39
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

So far as I know, what that means is that the...

So far as I know, what that means is that the police are not entitled to access evidence which was gathered for safety investigation purposes by the AAIB. If the police want that evidence then they...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Apr 2016, 12:53
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I think that you are incorrect Jetblu - but by...

I think that you are incorrect Jetblu - but by all means prove me wrong if you have a reference for this. So far as I can see , any evidence is admissible but subject to challenge about quality and...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Apr 2016, 11:58
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Not true. All evidence will be used in an...

Not true.

All evidence will be used in an inquiry and may be useable in a legal context. In both however , I would expect the quality and value of the evidence to be actively questioned.
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Apr 2016, 09:38
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

And indeed true - but equally, expressing an...

And indeed true - but equally, expressing an opinion from partial knowledge is sometimes a precursor to interesting conversation from which everybody can, should they wish, learn.

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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Apr 2016, 20:23
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Sorry to repeat the point, but I think it's...

Sorry to repeat the point, but I think it's extremely important.

It's not AAIB's job to explain this accident. Even more importantly, it's not AAIB's to allocate responsibility.

It's AAIB's...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Apr 2016, 19:56
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I hope it goes rather beyond light aircraft, and...

I hope it goes rather beyond light aircraft, and always did - I just tend to talk about light aircraft more here.

But, could you explain in a bit more detail than I've seen already about the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Apr 2016, 16:03
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

How about we all just kick the ball, and not each...

How about we all just kick the ball, and not each other chaps?

Jetblu and Step are both aviation professionals with good reputations, it's really not that odd for such people to disagree on...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Apr 2016, 10:57
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

AAIB reports aren't supposed to be clearcut about...

AAIB reports aren't supposed to be clearcut about conclusions and causes of course - that is not their purpose.

The purpose of an AAIB report is to provide recommendations which will support...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Apr 2016, 10:25
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

It seems to me that "appeared to be responding to...

It seems to me that "appeared to be responding to the pilot's control inputs was clearcut."

The aeroplane was behaving as it was supposed to, but it's not totally impossible that there was some...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Mar 2016, 12:52
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Once upon a time, I worked in Health and Safety,...

Once upon a time, I worked in Health and Safety, and spent a lot of time learning my way around the various UK legislation.

No surprise - factories were the greatest generator of H&S rules, but...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Mar 2016, 19:57
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I doubt that in AAIB's eyes either Shoreham, or...

I doubt that in AAIB's eyes either Shoreham, or Clutha were other than accidents - awful tragic accidents with appalling loss of life, but still accidents.

One of the things I've noticed however...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Mar 2016, 12:30
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

AAIB do have a duty to inform the police if they...

AAIB do have a duty to inform the police if they believe that a criminal act has occurred, but not to share evidence.

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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Mar 2016, 14:29
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

When I trained for a DA (some years ago, and I...

When I trained for a DA (some years ago, and I never actually finished the job and became a display pilot), what I was told was that you have a defined display, but that everybody accepted the need...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Feb 2016, 10:50
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

118.9 - you'd also need stall speed, profile and...

118.9 - you'd also need stall speed, profile and induced drag coefficients & g-limit to do that calculation (and a computer - but you could do that in Excel easily enough).

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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2016, 11:28
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Not necessarily - sometimes the legal process is...

Not necessarily - sometimes the legal process is essential simply to decide whose insurance is paying out, to whom, and how much.

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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Jan 2016, 21:57
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

A constructive and informed phrase, as it ever...

A constructive and informed phrase, as it ever is, for achieving safety improvements.

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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
18th Jan 2016, 14:05
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I recall one in Scotland a few years ago where...

I recall one in Scotland a few years ago where somebody was doing nicely for years flying his own aeroplane with no current licence, permit or oversight - until he had a runway overrun at a small...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Jan 2016, 12:20
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Complete safety is only possible if you ban all...

Complete safety is only possible if you ban all aviation, but then people will die from something else.

However, complete safety as a fictional construct is a necessary tool in aviation.

It...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Jan 2016, 23:22
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

And they didn't work. I am quite certain...

And they didn't work.

I am quite certain AAIB will be actively reviewing every damned word of them, and think we're likely to see some fairly robust recommendations in their report.

"Sh1t...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Jan 2016, 10:14
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

The reason I have a different opinion to you...

The reason I have a different opinion to you Hebog, is partly that flying at airshows has always been accepted to be relatively risky act, participated in by knowledgeable and competent individuals. ...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Jan 2016, 07:42
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,030,800
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

It's normal to control crowds for their, and the...

It's normal to control crowds for their, and the public's safety if for example there's a large football match - I don't see a large moral difference between that and ensuring the safety of offsite...
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