Kegworth Air disaster
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Kegworth Air disasterExample of multiple levels of analysisWhat causes a plane to crash? [1 min.]
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What causes a plane to crash?
• A laundry list is required, or, a swiss cheese loaf lined up
• A lot, in safety critical systems
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Kegworth Air Disaster
• Why?– Near Ritter, Baxter
& Churchill– A lovely example– Often used
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Storyline• Flight, jan 1989, Heathrow to Belfast, Midland 192
• Experienced pilots, new plane (737)
• Part of one of the safest systems in the world
• Upon take-off, no problems
• Shuddering, fire in an engine at ~10 min.
• Shut off #2 engine, RHS (the good one!)
• This is the pilot error
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Hardware and Mischancebadly designed new engine, failure at 3 months,
approx. t=300 h, should be t=500,000 h, not tested at altitude
/unlucky choice of diversion airport [BMI hub]
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Auto throttle problem
poor mental model of plane [system](turned off good engine, which disengaged autothrottled, solving the judder problem)
lack of engine feedback [interface design]
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Vibration Dial 1
vibration dial harder to read [design]
vibration dial not required to fly [regulation]dial and plane not trained with simulatortechnology updated but not announced
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Vibration Dial 2
vibration dial small [design]
Without range marking [design]
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During descent
lots of interruptionspilots can’t see the enginesno protocol: no checking/confirmation visually
from cabin• Passengers could see fire but explained it
away, perhaps also flight attendantsdiffusion of social responsibilitiesSocial distance between aircrew and pilots
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crash• 900 m short
• 43+4 out of 118+8 die
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At crashNot documented: noise abatement hillocks
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Afterwards
• If any 13or 3 missing, no loss of life• What was the pilot error?• Thus, systems require understanding
people, technology, and systems and environment
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References
• Wikipedia on kegworth• BBC. (1991). Fatal error: Taking
liberties [television series].• Youtube has videos as well