Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.This week, we look at British European Airways Flight 548, a Hawker Siddeley Trident which cras

Episode 9 - Eastern Airlines Flight 401 and attention capture

Nov 25th, 2021 13m 1s

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.This week, we look at Eastern Airlines Flight 401, a Lockheed Tristar which crashed into the Fl

Episode 8 - The Zagreb Incident and commonality of language

Oct 26th, 2021 15m 51s

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.This week, we look at the Zagreb Incident, a mid-air collision that occurred in 1976 between a

Episode 7 - Crossair Flight 3597 and challenging authority

Oct 4th, 2021 17m 45s

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.This week, we look at Crossair flight 3597, an Avro RJ which crashed into a hillside on approac

Bonus Episode - XW666 and some difficult decision making

Sep 13th, 2021 8m 41s

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and to take away into the rest of our lives, too.This week, in a special bonus short episode, we look at XW666, a Royal A

Episode 6 - Empire Airlines Flight 8284 and the challenges of rank

Sep 9th, 2021 21m 5s

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and to take away into the rest of our lives, too.This week, we look at Empire Airlines Flight 8284, an ATR-42 that crashed

Episode 5 - Colgan Air Flight 3407 and the need for a Just Culture

Sep 2nd, 2021 16m 51s

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and to take away into the rest of our lives, too.This week, we look at Colgan Air Flight 3407, a Bombardier Q400 that stal

Episode 4 - Saudia Flight 163 and inattention bias

Aug 26th, 2021 18m 15s

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.This week, we look at Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed Tristar that had a cargo fire and landed sa

Episode 3 - Helios Flight 522 and the risk of Confirmation Bias

Aug 18th, 2021 18m 22s

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.This week, we look at Helios Flight 522, a Boeing 737 that suffered from fuel starvation as a r

Episode 2 - Dan Air Flight 1008 and the challenges of Mental Modelling

Aug 9th, 2021 18m 26s

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.This week, we look at Dan Air Flight 1008, a Boeing 727 that crashed into the mountains of Ten

Episode 1 - 'November Oscar' and the normalisation of deviation

Aug 2nd, 2021 17m 50s

Join me, Katy, in the first full-length episode of The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives.Today we look at the 'November Oscar' incident and the normal

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The Human Factor - Trailer

Jul 23rd, 2021 4m 9s

Join me, Katy, as we learn about The Human Factor - what is at the margins of aviation safety, and how can we learn from things that have gone wrong? These lessons can be taken into just about every aspect of life. In each episode, we'll be t

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