AIRCRAFT HAZARD ANALYSIS AT THE PANTEX PLANT: DATA ANALYSIS, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND RISK REDUCTION

The possibility of an aircraft crash into the Pantex Plant outside Amarillo, Texas, is of particular concern to the Department of Energy. In response to public concerns about such occurrences and in an effort to reduce risks associated with overflights of Pantex, several changes to navigational aids at the Amarillo International Airport are being implemented. Additionally, a radar airspace monitor and recording system have been connected to the airport surveillance radar at Amarillo to record all aircraft operations at the airport and those of aircraft flying over. This digitizer/controller and computer combination is allowing a database to be compiled that contains the number of aircraft operations, the type of aircraft involved, and the flightpath of each aircraft operating in the vicinity of the Pantex Plant.

• Corporate Authors:

  Sandia National Laboratories

  P.O. Box 5800
  Albuquerque, NM  United States  87185

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Lin, Y T
  • Hedtke, R
  • Fike, D
  • Diniz, J
• Conference:
  • National system safety conference (14th) (CONF-960869-7)
  • Location: Albuquerque, NM
  • Date: 1996-8-12 to 1996-8-17
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 14p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Aircraft; Hazard analysis; Hazards; Navigational aids; Risk assessment
• Old TRIS Terms: Aircraft hazards
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00735705
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAND-96-1893C
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1997 12:00AM