AVIATION SAFETY & AIRLINER WIRING & FIRE-IN-THE-COCKPIT LINKS
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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) |
Victims 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 |
FAQs 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 Ranters 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 | Pilots 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 | Australias NTSB equivalent called BASI |
NZ Accidents | New Zealands 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 victims legal rights |
Air Law Commentary | Swissair victims legal rights |
Aircraft Accident Litigation | Swissair victims legal rights |
SR111 articles | Swissair victims 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 pilots 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 Smiths 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 |
DIX-EVAC® PASSENGER LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM |
Protection from Toxic Smoke |
More B737 Computer Problems | 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) |