Aviation Safety Investigation
Develop the competence to investigate safety events, identify systemic causes, and strengthen organizational learning before incidents escalate into accidents.
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Course description
Aviation Safety Investigation is a critical discipline for preventing accidents by learning from incidents, serious incidents, and safety-related events. In today’s complex operational environment, even minor occurrences can reveal hidden hazards, human factors challenges, and systemic weaknesses that require structured analysis and corrective action.
This class provides participants with the knowledge and skills to conduct systematic, objective, and learning-focused safety investigations across aviation operations. Emphasis is placed on understanding why events occur, rather than assigning blame, and on using investigation outcomes to strengthen Safety Management Systems (SMS) and organizational resilience.
Through practical examples and case studies threaded throughout the course, participants will explore the evolution of safety thinking, accident causation theories, investigation processes, human factors analysis, and investigation reporting. The training supports participants in developing investigation reports and recommendations that withstand scrutiny and contribute meaningfully to safety improvement.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this class, participants will be equipped to:
- Apply core principles of aviation safety investigation within an SMS framework
- Conduct structured investigations of incidents and safety occurrences
- Identify direct, contributing, and systemic causes, including human factors
- Use investigation tools to analyze events objectively and consistently
- Develop clear, evidence-based safety recommendations and investigation reports
Who should attend
- Safety managers, safety officers, and safety specialists
- Aircraft maintenance managers and engineers
- Quality assurance and compliance personnel
- Accident and incident investigation team members
- Human factors, training, and SMS professionals
Meet your instructor
Faisal Bashir Bhura
Faisal is an Aerospace Engineer; augmented with a demonstrated professional experience of 23 years at Pakistan Air Force as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, Aircraft Accident Investigator and Aviation Safety Instructor. He worked for Serene Air Pvt Ltd, Pakistan as Manager Corporate Safety (Safety Management System) for more than three years where in addition to his prime role, he was also a PCAA Certified Aviation Security and SMS Instructor for training of cockpit and cabin crew. Recently, he had the opportunity to work as a Safety Manager for Storm Aviation, UK (Part-145 MRO). His association with organisations such as Aeroclass and Kenyon International demonstrates his strong credibility in delivering advanced training courses to an international audience. To date, he has accumulated a wealth of diversified experience and knowledge from his 27 years of career in aviation.
In September 2022, Faisal's paper was shortlisted by ATSB for International Conference of ISASI, Brisbane, Australia where he received a Certificate of Appreciation from the President, Australian Society for Air Safety Investigators (ASASI). He was also selected in the Fellowship Program at Singapore Aviation Academy for Aircraft Accident Investigation and Management Course.
Faisal has conducted more than 2000 investigations including a major crash accident investigation of F-16 Fighter Aircraft. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Aviation Management, Master of Science (MS) in War Studies, Post Graduate Diploma in Maintenance Safety Management and Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Aerospace. Additionally, he's a Member of Royal Aeronautical Society (UK), Associate of Kenyon International (UK) and Member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators.
"It's not over when you loose it, but it's over when you quit."
Why you should attend?
Modern aviation safety depends on learning from events before they result in serious accidents. As operations become more complex and risk exposure increases, organizations must be able to investigate incidents effectively, identify underlying causes, and act on lessons learned.
This training addresses the growing need for competent safety investigators within operators and organizations. It strengthens the ability to move beyond surface-level findings, understand human and systemic contributors, and develop corrective actions that genuinely improve safety performance and organizational resilience.
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