Aviation Safety and Security

What this page covers

This unit sits in the Human Factors and Safety strand of the Aviation subject. It mixes practical equipment knowledge with accident analysis and safety thinking. Most of the material suits professional candidates and university students, and teachers can use it as ready-made classroom material.

Where to start

Begin with equipment, because it is the most practical topic. The quiz Flight Safety Boeing 747-400ERF asks how to operate the emergency locator transmitter, the small Halon fire extinguisher and a portable oxygen bottle. The Emergency Equipment Practice Quiz and the Safety and emergency equipment flashcards give you more repetition on the same ground.

Then move to terms and models. The Accident v Incident flashcards separate an aviation accident from an incident. The TEM deck explains Threat and Error Management, a model for detecting and responding to threats and errors.

Learning from real events

Several mind maps break down well-known accidents. The Qantas flight QF1 overrun at Bangkok in 1999 appears in a handful of maps, covering the wet runway, the heavy rain, crew risk assessment and the sequence of events. The Tenerife Airport Disaster map covers the 1977 collision of two Boeing 747 aircraft at Los Rodeos Airport. Read two maps of the same event side by side and notice what each one stresses.

Safety culture, security and regulation

Other maps look at safety culture, airworthiness, passenger profiling and security. For regulation, the quiz Dangerous Goods Regulations – Category 6 is a useful check, and the page lists material tied to IATA DGR.

Using quizzes and maps together

1. Read a mind map to see how a topic fits together.
2. Take a quiz on the same topic and note what you missed.
3. Go back to the map for those gaps.
4. Finish with a flashcard deck for quick recall.

Ready to begin? Open the equipment quiz, then see how far the accident maps carry you.