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Will offices, construction sites and medical clinics become less safe now that marijuana is legal in Canada? Our experts review the evidence, or lack of it.
Air crash investigators will be piecing together the events leading up to the crash of a charter aircraft in Essendon this week.
The movie Sully, out today, tells the story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger who landed an Airbus A320-214 in New York’s Hudson River. To accident experts, this was no crash landing.
Further analysis of the debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 point to a possible new search area in the Indian Ocean.
Without the details that flight recorders provide, crash investigators cannot fully understand the causes of catastrophe.
Air accident investigations are meticulous, thorough, and are the reason air travel is as safe as it is.
Speculating on the cause of any crash is very difficult, but several key explanations are far more likely than any others.
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Professor of Coastal Oceanography, The University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow in Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of Aviation and the Environment, Cranfield University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Aberdeen
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Human Factors PhD Student, University of Aberdeen
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Assistant Professor, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Scientist, Institute for Work & Health, University of Toronto
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Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor/Discipline Leader Accident Investigation and Forensics, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Land Use Planning & Urban Design, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Director of the Civil Safety and Security Unit (CSSU), University of Leicester
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Director of Transport Systems, Professor of Safety & Accident Investigation, Cranfield University
