An Analysis of Wildlife Strikes to Aircraft in Brazil: 2011-2018

Purpose: Aircraft accidents due to wildlife hazards have become a growing safety and economic problem to the Brazilian and international aviation industries. These safety occurrences have resulted in significant direct and indirect economic losses as well injuries and fatalities worldwide. The purpo...

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Autores: Mendonca, Flavio A.C., Keller, Julius, Huang, Chenyu
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/339623
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/339623
https://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jairm.160
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Airports--Bird control
Aircraft accidents--Brazil
Feral animals
Aviation safety
Wildlife strikes in Brazil
Wildlife hazard management program
Aeroports -- Control d'ocells
Aviació -- Accidents -- Brasil
Animals salvatges
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Aeroports
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spelling An Analysis of Wildlife Strikes to Aircraft in Brazil: 2011-2018Mendonca, Flavio A.C.Keller, JuliusHuang, ChenyuAirports--Bird controlAircraft accidents--BrazilFeral animalsAviation safetyWildlife strikes in BrazilWildlife hazard management programAeroports -- Control d'ocellsAviació -- Accidents -- BrasilAnimals salvatgesÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::AeroportsPurpose: Aircraft accidents due to wildlife hazards have become a growing safety and economic problem to the Brazilian and international aviation industries. These safety occurrences have resulted in significant direct and indirect economic losses as well injuries and fatalities worldwide. The purpose of this study was to develop empirical information obtained from the analysis of wildlife strike and aircraft operations data in Brazil that could be used for accident prevention efforts. Design/methodology: The research team collected and analyzed aircraft operations as well as wildlife strike data from the 32 busiest commercial airports in Brazil, from 2011 through 2018. Researchers obtained the number of aircraft operations at each of those 32 Brazilian airports from the Brazilian air traffic operations annual reports published by the Air Traffic Control Department. Wildlife strike data from the studied airports were obtained from the Brazilian national wildlife strike database. Descriptive data analysis was adopted to provide an intuitive and overall trend of wildlife strikes at and the 32 busiest commercial airports in Brazil. Findings: Results indicate that the number of wildlife strikes at and around the investigated airports increased 70% even though the number of aircraft operations at these airports declined by 12% during the period studied. Birds were involved in 88% of the reported events. Most reported strikes (59%) and damaging strikes (39%) occurred during the arrival phases-of-flight. Most (33%) strikes were reported by airport personnel. A finding of concern was that the majority of wildlife strikes (97%) and damaging wildlife strikes (96%) occurred within the airport environment. Originality/value: The current project contributes to the safety management of wildlife hazards in Brazil by conducting a comprehensive analysis of wildlife strike and aircraft operations data (2011-2018) in the 32 busiest Brazilian commercial airports.Peer ReviewedOmnia Science20202020-12-0120212021-02-15journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/339623https://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jairm.160reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3396232026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An Analysis of Wildlife Strikes to Aircraft in Brazil: 2011-2018
title An Analysis of Wildlife Strikes to Aircraft in Brazil: 2011-2018
spellingShingle An Analysis of Wildlife Strikes to Aircraft in Brazil: 2011-2018
Mendonca, Flavio A.C.
Airports--Bird control
Aircraft accidents--Brazil
Feral animals
Aviation safety
Wildlife strikes in Brazil
Wildlife hazard management program
Aeroports -- Control d'ocells
Aviació -- Accidents -- Brasil
Animals salvatges
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Aeroports
title_short An Analysis of Wildlife Strikes to Aircraft in Brazil: 2011-2018
title_full An Analysis of Wildlife Strikes to Aircraft in Brazil: 2011-2018
title_fullStr An Analysis of Wildlife Strikes to Aircraft in Brazil: 2011-2018
title_full_unstemmed An Analysis of Wildlife Strikes to Aircraft in Brazil: 2011-2018
title_sort An Analysis of Wildlife Strikes to Aircraft in Brazil: 2011-2018
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mendonca, Flavio A.C.
Keller, Julius
Huang, Chenyu
author Mendonca, Flavio A.C.
author_facet Mendonca, Flavio A.C.
Keller, Julius
Huang, Chenyu
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Huang, Chenyu
author2_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Airports--Bird control
Aircraft accidents--Brazil
Feral animals
Aviation safety
Wildlife strikes in Brazil
Wildlife hazard management program
Aeroports -- Control d'ocells
Aviació -- Accidents -- Brasil
Animals salvatges
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Aeroports
topic Airports--Bird control
Aircraft accidents--Brazil
Feral animals
Aviation safety
Wildlife strikes in Brazil
Wildlife hazard management program
Aeroports -- Control d'ocells
Aviació -- Accidents -- Brasil
Animals salvatges
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Aeroports
description Purpose: Aircraft accidents due to wildlife hazards have become a growing safety and economic problem to the Brazilian and international aviation industries. These safety occurrences have resulted in significant direct and indirect economic losses as well injuries and fatalities worldwide. The purpose of this study was to develop empirical information obtained from the analysis of wildlife strike and aircraft operations data in Brazil that could be used for accident prevention efforts. Design/methodology: The research team collected and analyzed aircraft operations as well as wildlife strike data from the 32 busiest commercial airports in Brazil, from 2011 through 2018. Researchers obtained the number of aircraft operations at each of those 32 Brazilian airports from the Brazilian air traffic operations annual reports published by the Air Traffic Control Department. Wildlife strike data from the studied airports were obtained from the Brazilian national wildlife strike database. Descriptive data analysis was adopted to provide an intuitive and overall trend of wildlife strikes at and the 32 busiest commercial airports in Brazil. Findings: Results indicate that the number of wildlife strikes at and around the investigated airports increased 70% even though the number of aircraft operations at these airports declined by 12% during the period studied. Birds were involved in 88% of the reported events. Most reported strikes (59%) and damaging strikes (39%) occurred during the arrival phases-of-flight. Most (33%) strikes were reported by airport personnel. A finding of concern was that the majority of wildlife strikes (97%) and damaging wildlife strikes (96%) occurred within the airport environment. Originality/value: The current project contributes to the safety management of wildlife hazards in Brazil by conducting a comprehensive analysis of wildlife strike and aircraft operations data (2011-2018) in the 32 busiest Brazilian commercial airports.
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