What is the biggest threat to safety at an airline?

What is the biggest threat to safety at an airline? “Insider threats” / “known insiders”, presenting potential internal risks to airlines. Civil unrest impacting aircrew during their layovers away from their home base. Flights operating in the vicinity of airspace with conflict zones.



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Flights operating in the vicinity of airspace with conflict zones. Lone-wolf and terrorism incidents compromising security. Human trafficking, inadequately documented passengers, contraband smuggling are other causes for concern due to their various degrees of risk.

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The air cargo system is vulnerable to several security threats including potential plots to place explosives aboard aircraft; illegal shipments of hazardous materials; criminal activities such as smuggling and theft; and potential hijackings and sabotage by persons with access to aircraft.

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Five Major Risk Factors That Make Aviation Accidents More Likely
  • Poor weather conditions. One of the biggest problems that faces aircraft pilots of all types is inclement weather. ...
  • Badly maintained aircraft. ...
  • Defective aircraft parts. ...
  • Air traffic control errors. ...
  • Pilot error.


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Flying too close to a mountain is a risk because it will require a direct reaction on the part of a pilot to regain safety, Bird near aircraft – and not bird strike – is a risk because pilots will have to take immediate action (slowing down) to regain safety.

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Here are the 4 types of operational risk for airline SMS.
  • 1 - Loss of Control in Flight (LOC-I) Fortunately, loss of control in flight is relatively rare occurrence in aviation SMS. ...
  • 2 - Runway Safety. ...
  • 3 - Fatigue Risk Management. ...
  • 4 - Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT)


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Common Airport Security Challenges
  • There must be zero margins for error. ...
  • Security has a need for real-time optimization. ...
  • It is a highly regulated environment. ...
  • Airports have unique training and certification requirements. ...
  • Everything is moving. ...
  • Everyone needs to be safe. ...
  • We live in a digital world.


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Risk is defined as: The probability of an act of unlawful interference being successfully carried out on a specific target, based on an assessment of threat, consequence, and vulnerability. Using the example of driving, we know there will never be zero risks in life and the same applies within aviation.

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The 'Significant Seven' covers: loss of control, runway overrun or excursion, controlled flight into terrain, runway incursion and ground collision, ground handling and airborne and post-crash fire.

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Your chances of being involved in a fatal plane crash are incredibly small – around 1 in 11 million, according to Harvard researchers. While your odds of being in a plane accident are about 1 in 1.2 million, survivability rates are about 95.7% – so the odds are with you no matter how you look at it.

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Is flying safer than taking a train or bus? Flying is the safest form of long-distance transport the world has ever known.

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