Category: Flight Safety

Flight safety is the study and practice of protecting passengers, crew, and aircraft from risks related to aviation. The industry’s excellent safety record is due to strict regulations, advanced technology, and comprehensive personnel training.

The Investigators’

Captain Akshay
AI 171 Accident investigation

In the aftermath of a tragic aviation accident, such as the crash of Air India Flight 171, emotions naturally run high. The loss of life, the haunting images, the unanswered questions—all fuel a collective need for accountability and closure. Amid this turbulence, a select group of professionals have been entrusted with a duty that is both solemn and sacred: to uncover the truth. They are the investigators, often unseen, yet central to shaping our understanding of what really happened.  It may be considered naive by some, but there remains a…

Lightning Strikes on Aircraft

Anil Goyal
lightning strike

Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity. A lightning strike during flight can be very distressing to passengers and crew, and cause damage to an aircraft. The lightning strike very rarely compromise the safety of the aircraft. Lightning occurs as a result of a build up of static charges within a Cumulonimbus (Cb) cloud, often associated with the vertical movement and collision of ice particles (Hail), which result in a negative charge at the base of the cloud and a positive charge at the top of the cloud. Beneath the cloud, a…

Interesting Facts about Thunderstorms: Indian Subcontinent

Anil Goyal
In this blog we will look at variation of thunderstorm activity in Indian region. This will help pilots, dispatchers, controllers and operators to understand most active areas and routes falling in those areas.

Thunderstorm is a severe weather phenomenon, the impact of which is being increasingly felt by all the sectors of society.  A knowledge of the thunderstorm climatology with respect to its frequency of occurrence, intensity, diurnal variation and duration is essential particularly in the interest of safe air navigation. In this blog we will look at distribution of thunderstorm activity in Indian region. This will help pilots, dispatchers, controllers and operators to understand most active areas and routes falling in those areas. “Thunderstorms: nature’s ultimate light show.” Thunderstorm is one of…

Mammal Strike with Aircraft: A Review

Anil Goyal

In an imperfect world perfection is not instantly available. Always expect failures — in systems and humans. Don’t let either kill you. – Jim Wetherbee Safety is top priority of the global aviation industry. Wildlife hazard management is critical to the safety of operations at airports. The airport size may vary from 500 acres to covering over 5,000 acres depending on factors such as volume of passenger traffic, number of runways, and available facilities. The airport environment provides expanses of semi-natural grasslands, creating favourable ecological habitats often neighbouring heavily urbanised…

Aviation : Combating Disinformation

Anil Goyal

With the widespread deployment and use of information communication technologies such as social media, print media, over the top (OTT) services, “information” can be accessed or even received without consent. The volume of information has increased so much that at times it is difficult to differentiate right from wrong. Some of the information can cause harm to individuals and to society at large intentionally or unintentionally. UNESCO has divided harmful information into three categories- The dependency on the Internet and online platforms for news and information is continuing to increase.…

FIXING NOTAMS

Anil Goyal

In simple words- a NOTAM should not be active for more than 3 months, and should not be replaced more than once. So if you still find old NOTAMS then the procedure is not being followed and should be questioned.