Correspondence Analysis of Aircraft Fire Accidents: Damage Degree and Three Influence Factors

Aircraft fire is one of the causes of aircraft failure and significant research work is undergoing for its prevention. This research paper deals with the investigation of a pattern for aircraft fire accidents. For this purpose, the correspondence analysis (CA) is used. Initially, the probability of aircraft fire accidents in different flight phases is calculated. Three factors (i.e. the phase of aircraft flight, extent of fire and month of flight) are used to explore the inner relationships with damage degree through correspondence analysis. Through CA mapping, it is found that fire accident causes high degree of damage when phase changes. FSCE (Fire & smoke-inside the cabin & external) and F (Fire-extent unknown) easily lead to serious aircraft damage. It is also observed that fire can cause huge damage to aircraft round the year, except the months of May and September.