AVIATION SAFETY & AIRLINER WIRING & FIRE-IN-THE-COCKPIT LINKS

 

Last Updated Saturday 13 March 99 @ 0130

 

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Description

A Site Index A Comprehensive Referral By Topics
An SR111 Synopsis     

for the NineMSN SUNDAY PROGRAM

Summarising What is known and Suspected
Personal Smokehoods a must read! (the short joining procedure is worthwhile)
Personal Smokehoods a must read! (on another site -no joining)
Victim’s Memorial Pages the Patrick Hirang Site (with SR111 victim listing)
Official "Families of Swissair Flight 111" Club a YAHOO Site
the MEMO an admonition to an MD11 Airline Operator
Memorial Site the Don Ames Site
Memorial Site SR111 Swissair crash specific commentary
Memorial Site SR111 links to other SR111 sites
FAQ’s Fire-on-board frequently asked questions (from pax point-of-view)
Air Crash Victims Support Site national non-political, non-profit, tax-exempt (501c3) organization 
Air Accident Stories and Articles Alex Pattersons Site (superb + Index)
The Korean Air Safety Audit A Must Read
A Chinese Airline Graphic Losing Face? (or just facing the wrong way)
A Real Mess in the Parking Area Full Power Blows Away Anchorage Terminal
Worth a look      (unless you frighten easily) Not a site for easily frightened passengers
Nova Scotia Herald News Swissair Stories
Many Swissair related Links from the Yahoo Family Support Site
Crash Detectives on Discovery.com
Avweb Safety good write-ups
Transportation Safety Board of Canada Swissair Crash Investigation Reporting
Transportation Safety Board of Canada Links TSB Official Links page to RCMP etc
National Air Disaster Alliance MISSION:  Raise the standard of safety, security and survivability for commercial aviation passengers and for support of victims' families.
US NEWS (SR111) Story on Kapton
Air Safety Week In depth aircraft technical wiring reports
Arc-Wire Tracking Site Patrick Price (37 year veteran of Boeing) and aircraft wiring expert
Swissair Accident Technical Commentary the Dagger Dirk Site (always updated)
Technical Article on Landings Dot Com SR111 crash- Written a few days after the accident
Valujet 592 Memorial site dedicated to those who lost their lives in the
senseless and unnecessary air disaster of May 11, 1996
Families of TWA800 site group which formed in the wake of the July 1996 disaster
Aviation Lawyer Arthur Allan Wolk
Air Crash Commentary Site Air Safety Links
Compuserve Aviation Safety Forum a mix of info, disinfo and misinfo by pundits, experts etc
Swissair Accident Coverage Indepth Swissair Accident Coverage
AirLine Safety Site Swissair Coverage
Canadian SR111 news site  
Full Swissair Crash coverage by YAHOO Yahoo news-site
Detroit News Swissair Coverage
"Aviation Week" Coverage of SR111 tech/professional aspects
"Aviation Week" Air Safety Site in-depth coverage (with insider knowledge)
Halifax News coverage SR111 continuously up-dated investigation coverage
Halifax Herald News Coverage Original 1998 coverage
Halifax Herald News Coverage 1999 coverage
The Toronto Star SR111 coverage all original (not as up-to-date as Halifax Herald)
ABCNews Wiring Coverage TV News Story
Airline Safety Harry Ranter’s site
Airline Safety Data-base
Aviation Week Online Flight-deck Automation
FAA Safety Resource Centre Flight-deck Automation
NTSB Home Page Aviation safety
Passenger Fatalities in US Airlines no indication of RISK
Valujet 592 Valujet 592
Valujet 592 up-to-date revelations
Avn Week Safety News Air safety essays
The EVAS Smoke-in-the-Cockpit Sighting Device EVAS smoke-in-the-cockpit safety system
Flight Safety Web-sites Links to aviation safety sites
The Last 37 Fatal Airliner Events The last 30 significant crashes
Fatal Airliner Events by model Airline safety by airliner models
The Flight Safety Foundation The Flight Safety Foundation
Disaster.com Air Disasters
ALPA Airline Pilots Association Safety Page
Avn Safety Net Swissair AVNET News
Flight Safety Site Aviation safety
Pilot's Hot-Line Pilot’s safety helpline
Cockpit Voice Recorder Transcripts CVR Transcripts
Aviation Week (AW&ST) Aviation Week safety pages
IFALPA International Airline Pilots Assn
The Airsafe Journal   (back issues) Air-safety site (reports)
The Aviation Safety Network Air-safety site
Aviation Related Links Air-safety site
Passenger Safety Card Page Airline safety passenger briefing cards
Aviation Accident Site Air-safety site
Aviation Accident Stats statistical
The Aviation Safety Network Safety reports
PROAIR Register to get regular air-safety reports
Cabin Fire Safety Overview Cabin fire-safety
International Conference on Aircraft Cabin Safety Research Cabin fire-safety plan
Aircraft Materials Fire-Test Working Group International Aircraft Materials Fire Test Working Group
Handheld Extinguishers Plan to replace a/c halon hand-held fire-extinguishers
Best Air Safety Sites on the web Best air-safety links
Human Factors in Aviation Cockpit Resource Manager (the art of not arguing in the cockpit)
AW&ST ONLINE Great aviation stories
IATA International air Transport Org
International Federation of Airworthiness The Airworthiness Foundation
Avn Week Air Safety Centre Avn Week's Safety Pages
recent accidents & incidents Recent accidents
Air Transport Safety Site Air-safety links
accident photos Airline accident photos
Search NTSB accident data-base Search for an accident report
The Silkair Crash Silkair Airliner Crash
Silkair Latest Suicide or similar SR111?
The Crash that invented CRM United Airlines 173
NTSB Accident Syopses by Month Search for an accident by month or year
NTSB Accident Tables NTSB home-page
Australian Aircraft Accident Investigation Australia’s NTSB equivalent called BASI
NZ Accidents New Zealand’s BASI
UNITED KINGDOM 
AIR ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATION BRANCH
UK equivalent of BASI
the Inflight Safety Page Aviation accidents
The Interfaces Between 
Flightcrews and Modern Flight Deck Systems
Aviation computer softwares
Victims' legal rights Swissair victim’s legal rights
Air Law Commentary Swissair victim’s legal rights
Aircraft Accident Litigation Swissair victim’s legal rights
SR111 articles Swissair victim’s legal rights
NASA's Accident site Aviation accidents
Aviation Industry Links The most useful aviation web-sites
Aviation Accident Links Aviation accident site
Civil Aviation Administration in Australia The Civil Aviation Administration in Australia
FAA Aviation Research Ctr The Federal Aviation Tech Site
Research Development & Human Factors Research & development into Human Factors in Aviation
The Risks Digest The Risks Digest (subscribe free)
Memorial Site MD11 accident site
Airline Pilot's Safety Site A pilot’s View of Airline Safety
The Peter Ladkin site      (top info) Computer-related incidents in Commercial aircraft
Latest PR releases by FAA Latest PR releases by FAA
Halifax Airport Halifax airport
Air Crash Support Network Family support
Aviation Accident Database Accident data-base
Wiring Test-Sets Wiring Test Equipment
Wolk & Genter (Attorneys) Defective aircraft wiring
John Barry Smith’s site Defective aircraft wiring
Selected Aviation Links Aviation links page
Should the Flight Deck revert back to a Three Person Crew? Flight Engineers
Pprune Airline Pilot's Forum Airline Pilot's Rumour Forum
Materials Combustion Research Facility combustibility / inflammability / designed-in incendiarism
Arc-Tracking 
(Wire Insulation Pyrolization)
the least desirable electrical wire insulation characteristic
Madden's Air Transportation Safety Resources run by a PHd
The Cabin Safety Working Group affiliated with the Australian Society of Air Safety Investigators
SWissair Page Harro Ranter SR111 analysis and data site
Passenger Smoke hoods A Flight Safety Foundation page
Kel air safety program A Tech Site addressing "age old" air safety problems
Newsweek coverage quite basic
Swissair Accident site (very comprehensive) on AirlinePilots.com site
Jump-seat Oxy may have fed fire A good lead (and getting warmer) for SR111
Swissair Airline's SR111 Accident PR Swissair Press Releases
International Aviation Safety Association (IASA) New Kid on the Block (but destined to stir like crazy)
Halon Fire extinguishers in aircraft Technical run-down (including applicable FAR's)
More on Halon Fire Extinguishers in Airliners Some HALON Fire Extinguisher success stories
Cockpit fire extinguishers What is Halon (and where to get it)
Aircraft wiring dangers of fretting You'll need Acrobat Reader to read this
Replacing faulty aircraft wiring & insulation FAA Action on Aircraft Insulation Flammability
Parallels Need for Urgency on Aircraft Wiring
Fire-Safety
The Project On Government Oversight Trip-wired by faulty airplane wiring.
The Project On Government Oversight (wiring summary) POGO. What it says "sticks"
Electrical Wire Arcing Phenomena The Thermodynamics of Electrical Fires
Another SR111 Analysis click on the graphic
Kapton as the Villain US News Article
Arc-Tracking (Wire Insulation Pyrolization) Great Photos of burnt wiring looms
Arc-Tracking (Wire Insulation Pyrolization) NASA Lewis Research Centre
Fires of Electrical Origin (very comprehensive) A Slide walk-through. Read through table of contents.
Arc-Tracking Sciences The Scientific Analysis
Aviation Kapton wiring for sale read the glossy blurb
New Aircraft Wiring Inspections Long Needed Aviation Week OnLine Article   (A MUST READ)
Cabin Safety and Accident Survival Research site
Cabin Evacuation Research FAA Cabin Safety Research Team Site
The Politics of Aviation Safety Aviation Week OnLine
Wire type on MD-11 known to trigger fires Seattle Times Article
Air Safety ViewPoints A.W.&S.T. story listings
General Air Safety Site Links (comprehensive) numerous aviation safety links
FAA Action CNN Article with good links
The Aviation Safety Institute non-profit research centre
The Aviation Safety Institute Accident & Incident Update (refreshed each Thursday) timely initial reports
Aging Aircraft Electrical Systems Are Potential Killers Warranting a Major Examination, Experts Argue ASW on Valujet 592
Swissair Update reports AirWise on Kapton in SR111
The Danger of Ageing Aircraft NTSB Hearings
New rules promote safety in the skies Air Canada Safety Initiatives
Did Gadgets Go Awry?
Probing Swissair's entertainment system
The Inflight Entertainment System 

on Swissair 111

Human Factors in Aviation Medicine Joint FAA/NASA Program
Smoke In The Cockpit
How Airline Pilots React
Air Safety Week on SR111
Boeing 737 inspections: Half of older models show wear and tear US NEWS Front Page
Al Gore on Ageing Aircraft Safety Concerns The WhiteHouse Commission 
Predicting wire insulation breakdowns The USN & RAF experiences
Aviation Safety Training Including aircraft cabin safety
Suspect insulation found in Swissair wreckage NewsWorld Article
Swissair Crash Raises Cockpit Safety Issues Has Any-one seen the Flt Eng?
U.S. Agency Seeks Mandatory 747 Wiring Checks Reuters Article
Just asking for it the All-Electric Aircraft
TWA800 – what really happened? A Good Technical Bias
FEAR OF FLYING?   Money in politics affects air travel safety The Centre of Public Integrity
Old Airplanes Are Not Immortal and Should Be Retired, Former Safety Board Member Urges just new tires will not suffice
Cabin accidents NTSB Site
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Protection from Toxic Smoke
More B737 Computer Problems

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from the RISKS Digest
AIRCRAFT FIRE FIELD MODELS Computer Simulations
Vision Safe The EVAS home site (smoke vision aid for pilots)
Older jets face stiff FAA tests Geriatric Jets -past their flyby date?
BASI Accident Index Index of Australian Aircraft Accident Reports
For the More Technically Minded Peter Ladkin PhD (his site)

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