Wildfire-Related Catastrophes: The Need for a Modern International Safety Investigation Procedure

Despite the increased frequency and scale of wildfire-related catastrophes, there has been little or no effective and coordinated international policy to address their highly negative impact. Possibly a generalized approach to respond to such major events could be modeled on existing international safety investigation policies and agreements...

How did aviation become so safe, and beyond?

Aviation has been recognized as one of the ultimate safe socio-technical systems. This contribution discusses the conditions and context that moulded the system safety to its present level by applying integral safety, a sectoral approach and safety as a strategic value. At present the aviation system consists of institutional arrangements at the...

Past and future in accident prevention and learning: Single case or big data?

The European Safety Reliability and Data Association (ESReDA) has since 1993 set up a series of Project Groups dealing with the different angles of ‘accident investigation’ and ‘learning from events’. With the 25th Anniversary of ESReDA now in 2016, the core of this group is still active, and has just initiated a new phase with its latest...

Safety: A system state or property?

Safety is frequently addressed as an emergent property of complex and dynamic systems. This contribution advocates the validity and importance of incorporating intrinsic technological hazards and systemic interrelations from a multi-actor perspective in the early phases of design and development. This perspective creates inherent properties in...

History of aviation safety; the satisfying sighs of relief due to developments in Aviation safety

”Aviation safety is an Integral part of my career. Being part of TU Delft’s impressive record of research on Aviation safety, my career has been with a sense of purpose and a responsibility to equip students to deal with the status quo challenges on Aviation safety, developments, Investigations and Optimizations. As I retire from the faculty...

Die Hollandstrecke Oberhausen – Arnhem Potenziale und Innovationen im internationalen Schienengüter- und -personenfernverkehr zwischen Deutschland und den Niederlanden

In Deutschland wurde in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten im Eisenbahn-Hochgeschwindigkeits-Verkehr energisch an Schnellfahrstrecken gearbeitetet, die nach einem Netzprinzip angeordnet sind. In den Niederlanden wurde nur eine Neubaustrecke, HSL-Zuid, gebaut und man verzichtete auf alle übrige Pläne. Für den Güterverkehr jedoch wurde in den...

Safe and swift performance, a conceptual assessment of a new river sea pusher system

Testing the untestable: Towards a pro-active safety assessment

The ERTMS railway signaling system: Deals on wheels? An inquiry into the safety architecture of high speed train safety

Meetbaarheid van de Scheepsveiligheid. Rapportage fase 1a

Kotter 2000, veiligheids geintegreerd (her)ontwerpen: Met

Safety and the design process