One of the first issues that will come under scrutiny in terms of aviation safety, both in terms of the general day-to-day running of an airport and in the aftermath of an incident, will be runway safety conditions.
An aviation safety technician will examine whether conditions on the runway pose (or posed) a threat to aircraft safety. For example, there have been many unfortunate incidents of accidents occurring after a flight has taken off with ice or debris on the runway.
An aviation safety expert will also offer considerable advice on meteorological conditions and their potential to impact on safety conditions. Weather conditions on both the ground and above the ground are often the major cause of an accident, and it will be up to an aviation safety official to verify whether an aircraft should have been primed for take off.
Another major part of aviation safety investigation relates to collisions. This area of aviation safety is often a crucial area of study, as this type of accident or incident is so easily avoidable, and is often the result of human error. However, in some cases, aviation safety issues can determine a collision to be a freak accident - such as the 'Miracle on the Hudson' case in 2009, when an aircraft was successfully 'ditched' in the Hudson River after a collision with a flock of geese.
Finally, some aviation safety professionals may focus on in-flight incidents, such as the phenomenom of 'air rage' which can cause safety concerns for both staff and passengers and potential terrorism incidents. In fact, data for the year 2008-2009 shows over 3,500 separate incidents of air rage logged by aviation safety experts.
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