Safety Topics

This section sets out a few operational safety topics with respect to commercial air transport, principally involving large aeroplanes. These topics are illustrated with the latest reports published by the BEA and certain reports from foreign investigations which the BEA was involved in as accredited representative.

1. Management of the aeroplane’s energy on approach
2. Altimeter setting error
3. Turbulence
4. Risk of collision in flight or on the ground
5. Simultaneous piloting: an underestimated phenomenon on aircraft with conventional flight controls
6. Other reports