Midair collisions: Limitations of the see-and-avoid concept in civil aviation

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-365

  Morris, C Craig ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Safety

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE PILOT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BEHAVIOR; CLIMBING; FLIGHT; LIFE EVENT; MOTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 16244414934     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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