Citation

Benner L, Rimson IJ. Forum Int. Soc. Air Saf. Investig. 1991; 24(3).

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, ISASI)

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Abstract

Understanding, prediction and control are fundamental concepts of scientific inquiry. This paper is limited to the "understanding" part of the inquiry process-the part which purports to describe "what" happened, and "why" it happened. The analytical output is the foundation for all else which flows from the investigation. If it is inaccurate, so is everything downstream: the judgments, conclusions, opinions, recommendations or decisions based on the report of what happened. It is the "information gateway" of the investigation, which is the reason we have selected it to be the object of our initial foray into Investigation Quality Management.