Vector Online - Page 5, In category General safety

Read our special 'online' Vector stories here. Some are unique to the website, and some have featured in print issues of Vector.

Note: This archive dates back to 2015. So, the advice in some of the earlier articles may have changed.

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The boiling frog - how's that heat?

The myth of the boiling frog can help aviators, operators, and engineers look at their work objectively, and just maybe identify where they’re going dangerously wrong.

Posted in General safety;

Posted 8 years ago

It's called a 'life' jacket for a reason

A ditching in 2013 illustrated how important life jacket wearing is, even if passing over water for a little while. And a could-have-ditched incident last year echoed that.

Posted in Components, General safety;

Posted 8 years ago

Safety reporting in adventure aviation

With activity burgeoning in adventure aviation, the CAA is keen to work with the sector to distribute safety information and ‘lessons learned’.

Posted in Adventure aviation, General safety, Reporting;

Posted 8 years ago

Just culture and reporting

Many employers in aviation try to follow ‘Just Culture’ principles, and it is an issue often discussed.

Posted in Reporting, General safety;

Posted 9 years ago

The problem with women in aviation...

Evidence indicates that women aviation workers are just as safe as men.

Posted in General safety;

Posted 9 years ago

Manufacturing safe drones

Drones, RPAS, UAVs… Whatever you call them, they are a growing technology that many Kiwi companies are embracing for myriad tasks.

Posted in Drones and model aircraft, General safety;

Posted 9 years ago

A new way to investigate safety risks

Rather than study a single event, or even group of events, a newly-created team of investigators is going ‘big picture’ to identify and mitigate safety risks.

Posted in General safety;

Posted 9 years ago

December 1917 - Avoidable accidents

With interest in World War I peaking during 2015, Vector thought readers might be intrigued by figures for avoidable accidents gleaned from history.

Posted in General safety, When things go wrong;

Posted 9 years ago

The not-so-safe safety belt

Given that seat belts are there to make things safer, it seems ridiculous that there have been four reported instances where the seat belt has led to a potentially serious…

Posted in Components, General safety, Rotary operations;

Posted 10 years ago

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