JACDEC
Encyclopedia
JACDEC stands for the Germany's Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre. The German
authors Jan-Arwed Richter and Christian Wolf provide under that term social research
as a service, detailed informations about an airline are with costs. The JACDEC Safety Index was developed from their collected data. The Centre also monitors current events and provides updates on airline safety issues.
per Revenue Passenger Terameter Performed. Its unit is 1/Tm.
, displaying the safety index of world's 60 biggest airlines. The list which was possibly wrongly computed unfairly included Turkish Airlines
as the list's 60th, and least safe airline, which is indeed a Star Alliance
member. Starting year for the list was precisely chosen as 1973, some 36 years back, including a Turkish Airlines jet that had crashed in 1974 and a time when most of the airlines that are listed did not even exist, such as JetBlue Airways
which was founded in 1999 and other regional companies with less flight frequency.
The listing of Turkish Airlines as the least safe airline is supported by Turkish Airlines DC-10 crash
, which was due to manufacturing faults of the DC-10's cargo door locking system, that killed all 346 aboard. In the aftermath of this crash action was taken worldwide to fix the cargo doors fault of DC-10's, that were in service.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
authors Jan-Arwed Richter and Christian Wolf provide under that term social research
Social research
Social research refers to research conducted by social scientists. Social research methods may be divided into two broad categories:* Quantitative designs approach social phenomena through quantifiable evidence, and often rely on statistical analysis of many cases to create valid and reliable...
as a service, detailed informations about an airline are with costs. The JACDEC Safety Index was developed from their collected data. The Centre also monitors current events and provides updates on airline safety issues.
JACDEC Safety Index
The JACDEC Safety Index is a probabilistic measurement of past airline safety. It counts the fatalitiesFatality
Fatality may refer to:* Death* Fatalism* A fatal error, in computing* Fatality , a finishing move in the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games* Fatality , a character published by DC Comics...
per Revenue Passenger Terameter Performed. Its unit is 1/Tm.
Possible Inaccuracy
The inaccuracy of the company's indexing has been debated after a list was issued for the German Newspaper Bild's web site after the crash of Air France Flight 447Air France Flight 447
Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled airline flight from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Paris-Roissy involving an Airbus A330-200 aircraft that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009, killing all 216 passengers and 12 aircrew. The investigation is still ongoing, and the cause of the...
, displaying the safety index of world's 60 biggest airlines. The list which was possibly wrongly computed unfairly included Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey, headquartered in the Turkish Airlines General Management Building on the grounds of Atatürk Airport in Yeşilköy, Bakirköy district, Istanbul...
as the list's 60th, and least safe airline, which is indeed a Star Alliance
Star Alliance
Star Alliance is the world's first and largest airline alliance, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany . The alliance was founded in 1997 by five of the world's leading airlines: Air Canada, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways International and United Airlines...
member. Starting year for the list was precisely chosen as 1973, some 36 years back, including a Turkish Airlines jet that had crashed in 1974 and a time when most of the airlines that are listed did not even exist, such as JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways Corporation is an American low-cost airline. The company is headquartered in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. Its main base is John F. Kennedy International Airport, also in Queens....
which was founded in 1999 and other regional companies with less flight frequency.
The listing of Turkish Airlines as the least safe airline is supported by Turkish Airlines DC-10 crash
Turkish Airlines Flight 981
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, registered TC-JAV and named the Ankara, that crashed in Fontaine-Chaalis, Oise, France, outside Senlis, on 3 March 1974...
, which was due to manufacturing faults of the DC-10's cargo door locking system, that killed all 346 aboard. In the aftermath of this crash action was taken worldwide to fix the cargo doors fault of DC-10's, that were in service.
External links
- JACDEC - current JACDEC Safety Indices