Original title: Cheng Ping, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: Preventing and resolving major risks to traffic safety Should pay attention to technical investigation
Cheng Ping, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former safety director of the Ministry of Transport, was interviewed by a People's Daily reporter.
(People's Daily reporter Zhang Xi photo)
Ethiopian Airlines' airliner crash has attracted global attention, and according to China News Network, Ethiopian Airlines will work with all stakeholders, including aircraft manufacturer Boeing, the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority and other international entities, to conduct investigations that meet international standards. So, for major safety accidents, how does China investigate? Cheng Ping, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former safety director of the Ministry of Transport, was interviewed by a People's Daily reporter on this issue.
Cheng Ping introduced, in general, after the occurrence of safety production accidents, according to the degree of accidents, government departments at all levels set up a formal investigation team to conduct a comprehensive investigation, safety accident investigation involves "people, machines, things, laws, rings, pipes" several aspects, "people are personnel, machines refer to equipment, things refer to materials, etc., law refers to laws and regulations, rings refer to the environment, management refers to management, specific analysis of specific problems." ”
In recent years, China's safe production has received more and more attention from departments at all levels, and the number of safety production accidents and deaths has decreased year by year, "but major accidents still occur frequently, and the prevention and control of major accident risks needs to be strengthened." Major accidents are often the best negative teaching materials, we should learn from the blood lessons, scientific, fair and objective investigation and analysis of their occurrence and development and the causes of accidents, which is conducive to learning from one another and preventing the recurrence of similar accidents. Cheng Ping said.
Summarizing experience is very important, and Hayne's law is a summary of the law of accidents. Hayne's Law states that behind every serious accident, there must be 29 minor accidents and 300 attempted precursors and 1,000 accident hazards. "Civil aviation attaches great importance to the governance of hidden dangers, and in accordance with the requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping, zero tolerance for hidden dangers has been specially formulated. After the Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane crash, China reacted to the corresponding aircraft for the first time. In addition, in terms of daily safety production and supervision, it is both practical and detailed, and it is very strict and meticulous in summarizing experience, such as passenger aircraft pilots must undergo simple psychological tests before boarding the plane, and passengers must receive safety notices after boarding. Cheng Ping introduced.
However, the public's desire to know the cause of the accident is very urgent, and the expectations for the investigation results are very high, so the work of the investigation team requires the participation of all government functional departments and a comprehensive investigation in order to find out the cause of the accident as soon as possible and respond to the concerns of the masses. ”
She believes that scientific, impartial and independent technical investigation of the cause of the accident is far more important and effective than accountability. "For example, the parties to the accident are very familiar with the accident, and obtaining relevant information from him will be very helpful to the rescue of the accident." However, if he is held accountable at the first time, he is likely to not cooperate with the investigation and even conceal important information. At the same time, Cheng Ping added that the expanded accountability will also affect the work efficiency, affect the initiative of the relevant staff, will dilute the direct factors and lessons of the accident, it is difficult to summarize the law of the accident, and then learn from each other.
In order to do a better job in summarizing experience, Cheng Ping believes that we can learn from the US accident investigation mechanism, separate the accident technical investigation from the responsibility investigation, and incorporate the "Regulations on the Investigation and Handling of Production Safety Accidents" into the legislative plan as soon as possible, establish a mechanism for independent technical investigation of accidents, and clarify the composition, responsibilities, procedures, and relevant requirements of personnel, so as to facilitate scientific, impartial, and independent technical investigation. ”
"The National Transportation Safety Board is subordinate to Congress and is not responsible for enforcing the law, not for accountability, and is only responsible for investigating the direct cause of the accident." Cheng Ping mentioned that it is recommended that China's technical investigation report be completed independently by the technical investigation team, and does not involve the issue of responsibility and the content of accountability. The complete report includes facts (including test data), analysis, possible causes and conclusions, etc., and should be published to the public to prevent the recurrence of similar accidents.
General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed in the report of the Nineteenth National Congress that we must resolutely fight the battle to prevent and resolve major risks, accurately alleviate poverty, and prevent and control pollution. "In the field of traffic safety, the premise of preventing and resolving major risks is to know where there are risks, and the premise of knowing where there are risks is to summarize and learn from accident experience, and we should seriously and scientifically summarize the process and direct causes of accidents and development, so as to recognize where there are risks, it is possible to identify risks clearly and know how to prevent them in place." Cheng Ping said.
(Editor-in-charge: Zhao Peng, Zhang Xi)