Air France 226 A320 Flight

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Summarize the incident2. What sort of investigation took place?a. Who was involved?b. When?c. Was there a report?d. What were the major recommendations?e. Was it widely accepted?3. What were the identified Causes?a. Causal Factorsi. Proximal?ii. Direct?iii. Basic?b. Root causesi. Were all identified in your groups opinion?ii. What were other possible factors4. Had there been forewarnings?a. Was the incident Preventable?i. How?5. Were organizational factors an issue?a. Identify themb. Why were they an issue6. Prepare a simple Fault Tree Analysis if possible, or justify why it cannot be constructed.7. What Human Factors were involved? Can they be represented by one or more of thefollowing:a. FAA Dirty Dozenb. HFACSc. UK HSEd. Swiss Cheese8. What measures were taken to prevent a recurrencea. Best practicesb. Regulatoryc. Design9. Was CRM an issue?a. How?Tech 434/534Spring 2015 Page 2 of 2 Last Updated: 2015042010. Were cultural factors such as Power Distance Index (PDI) an issue?a. Identify themb. Why were they an issue11. Was there a Human-Computer Interfacce issue?a. Would the 13 Principles of Information Display have helped?

) The Reports must be formatted with 1-inch margins, Times New Roman 12-point font,Double Spaced and an indication of the end of the document.8) Each page (except the Title Page) should have a header with the author name and title orabbreviated title. The header should be 9 pt., Bold, Times New Roman9) Each page (except the title page) should be numbered and a date may be added. The textshould be 9 pt., Times New Roman, italicized.10) Make sure the Report cover page is properly formatted. There is no page no. or header/footeron the title page11) Papers will also include (but not counted towards page limitation)a) TITLE (COVER) PAGE,b) TABLE OF CONTENTS (TOC)c) “EXECUTIVE SUMMARY” (ABSTRACT)d) REFERENCES (CITED WORKS)TECH 434/534Spring 2019Last Updated: 20190223 Page 1 of 312) The order of the paper will be; cover page, table of contents, abstract, body of paper (withsection headings), references, appendix(ces).a) One of the purposes of this report is to have students learn how to use the features ofMicrosoft word, which all students get through the NIU Office365 subscription. Thereare numerous resources on how to use Word on Lynda.com (which is available throughNIU) and other internet resources.b) The Auto TOC feature in MS-Word should be used. This means your section headingsand any captions will need to be linked.13) There will be deductions on the grade for formatting issues or incorrect TOC.14) Statements of opinion will be identified as such, factual statements must be substantiatedthrough references, and all direct quotes need to be enclosed within quotation marks andplaced in the mechanical manner acceptable for thesis & dissertations.15) Students are expected to perform independent research using resources available from theNIU Library (in addition to any internet searching). Sources need to be “reliable”.Wikipedia, About.com are not considered reliable.a) Students are required to use the Endnote citation manager. The online version (referredto as Endnote Online, Endnote Web or Endnote Basic) is free, while the desktop version,which has significantly improved capabilities is approximately $100 for a perpetuallicence for that version. I encourage students to get the desktop version as you can use itfor your other classes and when you leave.b) Proper citations must be provided within the body of the paper. The in-text citationformat will be author-date with CSE or ISO 690 format in the References section. Ageneral Bibliography may also be provided.c) Note: a Reference or Cited Work section is NOT the same as a bibliography.Bibliographies contain general information on a topic but are not specifically relied upon.There must be a minimum of 10 references identified by the student research from theprimary literature (e.g. books, government reports, journal articles). References fromclass cannot apply to this minimum. Some of these should be from the 2010-2019timespan in order to ensure the most current status on the topic is covered