Survivability of accidents involving Part 121 U.S. air carrier operations, 1983 through 2000 / National Transportation Safety Board.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. National Transportation Safety Board

Series:

Safety report (United States. National Transportation Safety Board) ; NTSB/SR-01/01.

Safety report ; NTSB/SR-01/01

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplane crash survival.

Aircraft accidents.

Accidents, Aviation.

Medical Subjects:

Accidents, Aviation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 21 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Transportation Safety Board, [2001]

Summary:

Despite the growing demands on the U.S. aviation system, the system continues to maintain a high level of safety. There are two ways to prevent fatalities in air travel: by preventing accidents, and by protecting aircraft occupants in the accidents that do occur. A reduction in accident rates provides an indication of the success of accident prevention; examining occupant survivability can indicate the positive results from occupant protection. The importance of examining occupant survivability in aviation accidents is twofold: (1) it can help to dispel a public perception that most air carrier accidents are not survivable, and (2) it can identify things that can be done to increase survivability in the accidents that do occur. The National Transportation Safety Board frequently receives inquiries from the general public and Government agencies concerning the survivability of airplane accidents. Although the Safety Board's Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data for U.S. Air Carrier Operations summarizes the degree of occupant in July by aircraft damage, the annual publication has not, in the past, analyzed the issue of survivability in detail. Therefore, the purpose of this safety report is to examine aircraft occupant survivability for air carrier operations in the United States. The Safety Board examined only air carrier operations performed under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 because the majority of the Board's survival factors investigations are conducted in connection with accidents involving Part 121 carriers.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed March 3, 2009).

"Adopted March 5, 2001."

"Notation 7322."

Electronic reproduction. [Ft. Belvoir, Va. : Defense Technical Information Center], 2001.

OCLC:

227973799

Access Restriction:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.