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Lessons from History
From Reactive to Resilient: Why SMS Is Aviation's Most Important Shift
IntroductionEvery major aviation accident of the past half-century has one thing in common: somewhere, someone already knew something was wrong. The signals wer...
Why EASA has chosen to implement a Safety Management System (SMS) for all DOAs and explanation of how it could have prevented earlier accidents
By implementing SMS for all design organizations, EASA aims to ensure that safety is integrated into the entire lifecycle of an aircraft, starting from the init...
Root Cause Analysis of B737 MAX accidents Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
Why did the aircraft crash? The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) repeatedly activated, forcing the aircraft into an unrecoverable dive.Why...
The history & current types of corrosion-resistant coatings used in aircraft structures for aluminum materials.
Early Developments (1920s–1940s)When aluminum became the material of choice for aircraft structures in the 1920s and 1930s, engineers recognized that aluminum w...
Damage-Tolerance: Well Understood for Metals — Applied to Composites. How Long Before We Encounter the Unexpected?
Modern transport aircraft increasingly rely on
composite primary structures, yet the certification philosophy governing their
structural integrity — damage-to...
How Strong Is Aircraft Material? A CS-25 §25.613 Perspective on Structural Strength
When engineers outside aerospace ask how strong aircraft
materials are, the question usually implies a simple comparison: tensile
strength, yield strength, or...