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Safety management in airline accidents

Official investigators identified safety management in 3 of the incidents we cover, from 2001 to 2015. Each account explains how it arose in that case. A shared topic does not mean the same cause.

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Safety management incident summary
DateFlightAircraftLocationFatalitiesReport status
15 February 2015flydubai A6-FDCBoeing 737-800Stand Q-05, Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates0LEVEL 3 Final report
6 December 2013flydubai A6-FEBBoeing 737-800Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates0LEVEL 3 Final report
8 October 2001SAS 686Boeing MD-87 and Cessna 525-ARunway 36R at taxiway R6, Milan Linate airport, Italy118: 110 aboard the MD-87, four aboard the Cessna and four ground staffLEVEL 3 Final report
flydubai Boeing 737-800 A6-FDC climbing with its landing gear retracting.A6-FDC departing Dhaka on 3 August 2012: Faisal Akram

flydubai A6-FDC

A belt loader struck a parked flydubai Boeing 737-800 at Dubai. The GCAA summary identified gaps in task allocation and risk management.

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LEVEL 3 Final report

Flydubai Boeing 737-800 A6-FED taxiing at Dubai International Airport.Flydubai Boeing 737-800 A6-FED at Dubai International Airport: aeroprints.com

flydubai A6-FEB

Six passenger service units containing chemical oxygen generators travelled in the cargo hold on a ferry flight from Amman to Dubai. Both pilots were uninjured.

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LEVEL 3 Final report

SAS MD-87 SE-DMA taxiing at Manchester Airport in 1999SE-DMA at Manchester Airport on 28 February 1999: Ken Fielding

SAS 686

In dense fog at Milan Linate, SAS 686 struck a Cessna that had entered runway 36R. The damaged MD-87 then hit a baggage building, killing 118 people across both aircraft and the ground.

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LEVEL 3 Final report