Exploring human error in military aviation flight safety events using post-incident classification systems

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 803-813

  Hooper, Brionny J ^a   O'Hare, David P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aircraft accident classifi cation systems; Human error; Human factors analysis and classification system (HFACS)

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AIRCRAFT; AUSTRALASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84881526635     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3176.2013     Document Type: Article

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