Managing a Data-link Failure of a Single-piloted Airliner during Flight: A System-Theoretic Process Analysis

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 106-110

  Schmid, Daniela ^a   Korn, Bernd ^a   Wies, Matthias ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

COMMERCIAL AIRLINER; DATA LINK; EMERGENCY SITUATION; FLIGHT SAFETY; GROUND BASED; LINK FAILURES; MISSION MANAGEMENT; PILOT OPERATIONS; PROCESS ANALYSIS; UNMANNED AVIATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 85076912164     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1071181319631001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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