Roles of Safety Management System (SMS) in Aircraft Development
Won Kwan Lee and Seung Jo Kim
International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sicences, vol. 16, no. 3, pp.451-462, 2015
Abstract : Safety is the first priority in civil aviation, and so the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has introduced and
mandated the use of Safety Management Systems (SMS) by airlines, airports, air traffic services, aircraft maintenance
organizations, and training organizations. The aircraft manufacturing industry is the last for which ICAO has mandated the
implementation of SMS. Since SMS is a somewhat newer approach for most manufacturers in the aviation industry, they
hardly believe in the value of implementing SMS. The management of safety risk characteristics that occur during early aircraft
development stages and the systematic linkage that the safety risk has to do with an aircraft in service could have a significant
influence on the safe operation and life cycle of the aircraft. This paper conducts a case analysis of the McDonnell Douglas
MD-11 accident/incident to identify the root causes and safety risk levels, and also verified why aircraft manufacturing
industry should begin to adopt SMS in order to prevent aircraft accident
Keyword : Safety Management System (SMS), Aircraft Manufacturing Industry, Design and Certification Processes, Human Factor Classification Analysis System (HFACS), Accident Prevention |