But the video or image would just eliminate controversy. Historically, it does tend to be fairly obvious, because even without a voice recorder, one of the first things investigators look for is, did the airplane do what it was commanded to do? If you have a deliberate act, then you kind of see that in the data. In those rare cases, an image would tell you which crew member, or if a third party got into the cockpit. You're alluding to cases where, perhaps, there's a deliberate action by the flight crew, and clearly an image recorder is going to go a long way. According to the Wall Street Journal, black-box data indicates someone on the flight input the controls to trigger a dive.) (The Boeing 737 jet's plunge killed all 132 people on board. The shortest time, exquisite detail, zero controversy, and a problem that we really need to fix through behavioural changes. So for me, that was the gold star of investigations. It was the final little piece of the puzzle. There's no way they would've kept going if they couldn't see anything'. I can guarantee that without the image recording, that accident would have been very controversial because people would say, 'There must have been something else. They hit a big cloud storm and couldn't see anything. You could see the windshield wipers come up. You could see the weather radar, you could see the big red blob coming. What difference did the cockpit video make to the Air Niugini investigation? It's like, 'I would give my right eye just to see what they're looking at right now and what they're referring to'. If you've ever listened to one, you would see how frustrating it is. You would see who's flying, the general cockpit displays, and all the non-verbal cues, like a thumbs up.Ĭockpit voice recorders are very cryptic. What's the cockpit environment? Is there smoke? What's the workload like in the cockpit? You want to know what they can see, and what they can't see. The typical camera would be just behind the crew, looking forward. We record a lot of data, but we still don't record enough to replicate that cockpit, not by a long shot. What would images show that you can't grasp from data and voice recorders? It will also make the investigations a lot less expensive because it's not a jigsaw puzzle anymore. If you don't agree on the facts as a world community, then you're not going to get to the safety action. And that's not to be underestimated because controversy causes all kinds of roadblocks for safety. At the very least, images eliminate or dramatically reduce controversy. In the vast, vast bulk of cases, it would make a very big difference. How would image or video recorders help air safety? This is an edited transcript of an interview with Mr Poole from Ottawa.
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