Pilot error and its relationship with higher organizational levels: HFACS analysis of 523 accidents

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1056-1061

  Li, Wen Chin ^a,b   Harris, Don ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AIR FORCE RADAR ACADEMY   (China)

Author keywords

Accident investigation; HFACS; Human error; Human Factors Analysis and Classification System

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AVIATION; CAUSALITY; HUMANS;

EID: 33749993440     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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