1. In this article, aviation, railroad, road and shipping accidents are collectively called transport accidents.
2. After Kuniko Miyajima lost her son in the 1985 Japan Airlines 123 crash, she published her personal notes 25 years later under the title “Living with Osutakayama – 25 years in the Life of a Japan Airlines 123 Crash Victim’s Family.” In it, she eloquently expresses how victims’ families feel when overtaken by such occurrences.
3. James Reason, “Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents,” Ashgate, 1997, p. 1.
4. H. W. Heinrich, “Industrial Accident Prevention: A Scientific Approach,” 4th Edition, New York, p. 26, 1959.
5. International Civil Aviation Organization, Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Chapter 3-1.