HFESNZ Conference 2019 The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society hosted their annual symposium and conference this year over 3 days in Auckland. The conference included presentations from a range of experts in the human factors field, with Maggie’s presentation helping to kick-off the third day. Maggie’s presentation on using work domain analysis in safety case development was awarded best abstract, for..

The Flight 703 Tragedy On 11th February 2018 Flight 703, Antonov-148 100B of Saratov Airlines, departed Moscow on a regular service to Orsk. The seven-year-old aircraft (shown above) departed Domodedovo Airport at 1421. Six minutes after departure the aircraft crashed near Argonovo village tragically killing all 71 people on board. The Russian Federation Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) immediately began an..

Risk Analysis for Complex Systems with Human Factors Component – A Human-centred Framework Cathy Hua, Geraint Bermingham (Navigatus Consulting) Abstract The consideration and assessment of risk often requires analysing complex systems where the human is an important component and the consequence of failure can be significant. The challenge of modelling and analysing these complex systems derives from the variability..