Track: Undergraduate Student Paper Competition

Abstract

In any aviation facility, safety is the most sensitive issue to consider. This is because any single accident can significantly affect the whole airport. In this paper, a successful implementation of Safety Management System (SMS) is done at the Kuwait International Airport (KIA). The paper shows an implementation of such a system reduces the rate of accidents along with their costs, increases the productivity of the place, and meets the legal specifications needed to insure safety at airports. Several hazards happening currently at KIA were illustrated in this paper with the suggested preventions to control these hazards. The five step DMAIC methodology was used to describe the hazards and how they should be improved and controlled. A Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) technique was applied to investigate the hazards. At the end, SMS was proved to be an effective system to apply at KIA and which reflects the NEWKUWAIT vision towards a better and safer place to live in.