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IAP 2012 Activity


Aviation Accident Investigation or Agatha Christie for Engineers
Brian Nield (Boeing Commercial Airplane), Chuck Oman
Tue Jan 10, Wed Jan 11, Thu Jan 12, 02-03:00pm, Room 33-319

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Jan-2012
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Spreadsheet Skills (Excel); Some Familiarity with Aviation

Commercial aviation is extremely safe, in part due to knowledge gained from studying accidents. This course is led by Brian Nield, MIT XVI G '78, Boeing's Chief Engineer for Aviation Systems Safety. The aircraft accident investigation process and some of the most significant accidents are discussed. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to work with their peers in a small, self-directed, investigative team to solve a realistic (but fictional) aircraft accident mystery. New information on the crash will be given out each session as you piece together the facts to determine what caused the accident and build recommendations for improving flying safety. Prereq: Spreadsheet Skills (Excel); Some familiarity with Aviation.
Note: The session on January 12 will be from 2-4.
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/project/16.ai/
Contact: Liz Zotos, 37-219, x3-7805, zotos@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
Latest update: 04-Jan-2012


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