Pilot error in air carrier mishaps: Longitudinal trends among 558 reports, 1983-2002

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-6

  Baker, Susan P ^a   Qiang, Yandong ^a   Rebok, George W ^a   Li, Guohua ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline crashes; Crew interaction; Pilot decisions; Pilot error rates

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; TRAINING; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRCRAFT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 37749015916     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2200.2008     Document Type: Article

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