Mark said re interruptions during checklists; --Happens all the time. Calls from ATC. Calls from other aircraft. Calls from company. Altitude callouts. Configuration commands.
The distraction research used cameras to watch what car drivers were actually doing.
Pilots are trained much better than car drivers but human factors/failures are critical to both road & air safety.
2007-12-09 10:47:44 · 7 answers · asked by stuttgart 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
The most common accident in commercial aviation is something called CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain)
A common cause for CFIT accidents is distraction. One of the most famous cases of this was a (if memory serves me right) a MD-11 crashing into the Florida everglades as both capt and co-pilot were fixated on a burnt out bulb in the cockpit.....neither failed to notice the descent they were in...
There are countless others in a similar vein....something minor takes up a disproportional amount of attention and a situation begins to develop that is not recognised...(ie: flight director disengagment / slow descent / slow loss of airspeed / not believing your instruments / not recognising another crew member's error etc etc)
So , yes, distraction (or lack of / or inappropriate focus) is a VERY major cause of accidents and why we, as an industry spend so much time on something called CRM (crew resource management) as well as highly developed SOP's to deal with eventualities that ensure that the primary focus is where it should be..FLYING THE G*D D**M AIRPLANE!
2007-12-09 15:34:12 · answer #1 · answered by helipilot212 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distracted Drivers Mark Edwards, Director of site visitors safety on the yank motor vehicle association suggested, "The study tells us that someplace between 25-50 p.c. of all motorcar crashes in this united states of america incredibly have driving force distraction as their root reason." The distractions are many, yet in accordance to a learn performed by way of the Virginia branch of motorcars (DMV) and Virginia Commonwealth college (VCU), rubbernecking -- or slowing right down to gawk at yet another accident -- brought about the main injuries, accounting for sixteen p.c. of all distraction-appropriate crashes.
2016-11-14 05:48:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure distractions have more then once contributed to incidents in the past but very rarely because navigational paths as well as air traffic is far more planned then road traffic. Planes receive air clearance before takeoff for their destination in question and unless there is a unscheduled change in flight path it is near impossible cause a collision. Just one of the few reasons why air travel is safer.
2007-12-09 10:53:02 · answer #3 · answered by silencetheevil8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It main cause of crashes is three fold. A pilot who has run out of "air speed", "altitude" and "ideas" all at the same time is destined to impact the ground.
2007-12-11 05:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually mechanical failure is the reason for airplanes (at least commercial) . small planes do not trust the intstruments / pilots think they know better. the instruments are more accurant don't lie. i understand it is hard to trust an instrument more than yourself, but i understand that its a mistake that can be fatal. the biggest risk in a flight is the take off / landing. the other great risk , is of course, in letting middle eastern nut cases board the aircraft.
2007-12-09 11:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by Mildred S 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No, distractions do not cause most air crashes. Hitting the ground does.
2007-12-09 10:52:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
some of them, but i think weather related accidents are the most. like going to clouds when you're not instrument rated, etc.
2007-12-09 11:03:20 · answer #7 · answered by zzzZZzzz..... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋