Episode Overview

Episode 4

Traces in the Wreckage – Accident Reconstruction in the 3D Era

In this episode, we follow the investigation into the Rockwell Commander 112B that crashed on the Kasberg in November 2023. Dr. Thomas Friesacher and Max show how a seemingly chaotic debris field becomes a structured data space—and how 3D scanning, point clouds, and digital reconstructions are now part of the standard toolkit of modern aircraft accident investigation.

Episode 5

Human Factors – Why Good Crews Make the Wrong Decisions

Understand why “good crews” can make the wrong decisions in a training setting, how plan continuation, normalization of deviance, and authority gradients in the cockpit affect outcomes—and how organizations can develop robust safety cases and training modules from this.

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Episode 2

Evidence Preservation: Searching for Clues at the Accident Site

How evidence is secured, documented, and integrated into the investigation process—from the initial situation assessment at the accident site to a robust forensic chain of custody.
Episode 3

The Black Box – Bringing the Data to Light

CVR, FDR, and other data sources in day-to-day investigations—which systems provide usable traces, how they are read out, and what they actually contribute to the reconstruction.

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