This blog reviews the human factors implications of Air India’s acquisition by Tata’s on the operation of Air India, Air India Express, Vistara and Air Asia India and its potential impact on flight safety.
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Beyond the Control: Is Helicopter Operation More Risky?
The preliminary finding of the tri-service investigation into the fatal crash of the Mi-17V5, which led to the death of all 14 who were on board, including Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, has ruled out mechanical failure, sabotage or negligence as the cause of the accident. The inquiry team said the accident was a result of the helicopter entering into the clouds due to an unexpected change in the weather conditions in the valley in Tamil Nadu, where it crashed. The change of weather led to spatial disorientation of the pilot resulting in a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), a statement issued by the defence ministry has said.
Contrails: White crayons on Blue canvas
On a clear sky, one time or other you would have seen white contrails streaking across the sky. As if sky blue is canvas for these aircrafts or as if they are announcing true love, up high where our dreams meet. They look beautiful to one and all except for military pilots for they point like signposts. On some occasion they disappear in seconds on other they persist for very long after aircraft has passed. What are these white contrails and how are they formed?
HAND OF GOD
Most pilots are sometimes faced with an emergent situation wherein the responses need to be prompt, correct and precise. A first-hand ditching story by Islander aircraft pilot of Indian Navy.
Climate Change, We all need to do our bit
This article is about what the citizens can do to delay Climate Change (CC), not just reduce GGE. Each one of us has a role to play and we can do this by reducing our carbon footprint in the world. Carbon footprint is the number of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, fluorinated gases etc—that we produce as we live our life.
Climate’s Changing: Should we care?
Brief respite due to SARS-COV-2 notwithstanding, increasing pollution is here to stay with us. Welcome to Global Warming and Climate Change! Human activity since the Industrial Revolution started, is the single important reason for the uncontrolled emission of Greenhouse Gases. Before we proceed any further, let’s go over the basics. What is Global Warming (GW)? This is the rise in temperature of the earth’s surface, oceans, and atmosphere over thousands of years. However, the usage of coal due to the advent of industrialization hastened this rise. Since then, a 1°C rise…
‘Covidsomnia’ and other sleep issues
Sleep disorders are a group of conditions that affect the ability to sleep well on a regular basis. Whether they are caused by a health problem or by too much stress, sleep disorders are becoming increasingly common.
Social Effects SARS-CoV2 – What can we do?
In the previous article, last week, we saw how society as a whole has been affected by the pandemic. We also saw who were the most vulnerable and were affected the most. On the other hand, we heard of altruistic efforts by famous personalities like Sonu Sood for assisting in transportation and Gautam Gambhir in providing free food, medicines, oxygen cylinders to Delhiite’s. NGOs like Khalsa aid stepped in with Langars. Thousands of other large and small NGOs also contributed immensely in many, many ways. Individual efforts of the middle class were…
Noise Pollution
Noise pollution, also known as environmental noise or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of them harmful to a degree. The source of outdoor noise worldwide is mainly caused by machines, transport, and propagation systems.[1][2] Poor urban planning may give rise to noise disintegration or pollution, side-by-side industrial and residential buildings can result in noise pollution in the residential areas. Some of the main sources of noise in residential areas include loud music, transportation (traffic, rail, airplanes, etc.), lawn care maintenance, construction, electrical generators, explosions, and people.
Social Effects of SARS-CoV-2
The stress of Corona has become chronic and is being seen in many forms in our society. Cover face, clean hands and keep away are becoming a pain….