Flight Safety Australia

July-August 2000 - Vol 4 No 4

Cover story

On the edge - Take our stress test to find out if you are affected. Details of how to cope with cockpit stress and stress caused by life events.

Further reading:

Mind tools - how to master stress - A comprehensive site on understanding and managing stress.
How to survive unbearable stress - A light hearted and easy to read treatment of the mechanisms behind stress; and ways of dealing with over-stress.

What went wrong?

Mid-air collision - A private pilot recalls a sickening impact 1,000ft above Hoxton Park.

An accident waiting to happen - How a dream of becoming a chief pilot became a nightmare.

A wall of cloud - A VFR pilot finds himself surrounded by cloud.

Flying operations

The wrong approach - The findings of the investigation into the crash of Korean Air Flight 801.

Further reading:

National Transport Safety Board's complete report, plus animation of Flight 801.
Flying rings around Sydney - Your guide to flying during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Airworthiness

True to type - How to get an aircraft certified to Australian safety standards.

ATSB supplement

ATSB

Regulars

Letters - Flack and flattery.
News - Developments in aviation safety.
ADs & AACs - List of airworthiness directives and advisory circulars.
Maintenance alerts - Information for aircraft engineers.
Safety check - Test your knowledge.
Short final - Tails you win.

 
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