27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-10.8.1

AVIATION ACCIDENTS AETIOLOGY FROM CATASTROPHE THEORY POINT OF VIEW

M. Lasek, K. Sibilski*, J. Zurek**
The State Commission of AAI, Poland; *Air Force Inst. Of Tech. & Wroclaw Univ. of Tech., Poland; **Air Force Inst.of Tech.**

Keywords: theory of catastrophe, aircraft accidents reconstruction, aviation safety, flight dynamics modeling and simulation

In the paper we will used several cases of accidents and incidents from the Polish State Commission of Aircraft Accidents Investigation data base as a case study to illustrate how the control factors of the cusp catastrophe model combine to create situation whereby instability ensues and a catastrophic event occurs.

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