Safety and Accident Investigation - Air Transport

Start: January and May

Duration: 3 years part-time.

Entry Requirements:

1st or 2nd class UK Honours degree or equivalent.

Course Description:

Cranfield University is proud to offer the world’s first full MSc programme designed for aircraft accident investigators.

Modelled on our annual accident investigation short courses - which have run since 1977 in collaboration with the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch - the MSc programme starts with two intensive three-week modules in Fundamentals of Investigation and Applied Aircraft Accident Investigation.

These modules involve over 70 presenters from all aspects of accident investigation and feature a range of activities such as investigative interviewing, legal skills, visits to the Royal Navy Flight Safety and Accident Investigation Centre and the AAIB, and several hands-on investigation exercises.

Students are also expected to complete a supervised individual research project on a subject of their choice within the aircraft accident investigation field.

Modules:

Upon completion of the three-week modules, students can then specialise in particular areas of investigation by choosing four modules from the selection listed below.

These cover a range of areas, including:

• Aerial Photography and Digital Photogrammetry
• Analytical Techniques in Forensic Science (double module)
• Aviation Safety Management
• Failure of Materials and Components
• Fire and Explosion Investigations
• Forensic Investigation of Explosives and Explosive Devices
• Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance
• Human Performance and Error
• Introduction to Aircraft Performance
• Introduction to Aircraft Structural Crashworthiness
• Forensic Ballistics Investigations
• Introduction to Human Factors
• Investigation and Evidence Collection
• Legal Skills for Accident Investigators
• Mass Fatality Incidents
• Research Methods and Statistics
• Surface Science and Engineering
• Safety, Reliability and Risk Engineering
• Safety Assessment of Aircraft Systems
• Sonar, Acoustic and Seismic Sensors
• Training and Simulation

For further information, please contact SoE Admissions tel: 01234 754237 or email soe_sai@cranfield.ac.uk

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