Human factors analysis and classification system - positive experience (HFACS-PE): New approaches to aviation accident and incident investigation

IF 3.6 3区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL

Journal of Loss Prevention in The Process Industries Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI:10.1016/j.jlp.2025.105578

Ondrej Zavila

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Abstract

The article is aimed at presenting a new systematic approach to working with the positive elements of the chains of causes of aviation accidents and incidents in the process of their investigation. This new systematic approach is based on the principles of the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) method and thus constitutes a modification of it (HFACS-PE). By combining the original concept of the HFACS method, aimed at identifying the causes of human failures, and its new modified concept, HFACS-PE, aimed at identifying the causes of human successes, the possibility of a comprehensive view of the air accident or incident under investigation is enabled. After a trial application of the combination of both methods to several case studies from real-life civil and military air traffic practice at national and international level, the validity, practicality, functionality and effectiveness of this new analytical approach with potential for further development can be concluded.

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Journal of Loss Prevention in The Process Industries 工程技术-工程：化工

CiteScore

7.20

自引率

14.30%

发文量

226

审稿时长

52 days

期刊介绍： The broad scope of the journal is process safety. Process safety is defined as the prevention and mitigation of process-related injuries and damage arising from process incidents involving fire, explosion and toxic release. Such undesired events occur in the process industries during the use, storage, manufacture, handling, and transportation of highly hazardous chemicals.