A review of human error in aviation maintenance and inspection

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-161

  Latorella, Kara A ^a   Prabhu, Prasad V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Galaxy Scientific Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation; Human error; Human factors; Inspection; Maintenance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AVIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE;

HUMAN ERROR;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCIDENT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AVIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

EID: 0034255719     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(99)00063-3     Document Type: Review

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