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History of aircraft accidents caused by human error

Answer 1

Ind J Aerospace Med 47(1), 2003Analysis of fatal human error accidents in IAF: Umesh Kumar30Human error causes of fatal aircraft accidentconstitute more than half of all aviationaccidents. Man continues to be a weak linkin the man machine dynamics of aviation. Advancesmade in the design and reliability of avionics hasreduced technical system failure. Although there hasbeen a significant improvement in the training of theaircrew to prevent human error accidents, human errorcontinues to be a leading factor in most of the fatalaircraft accidents. Understanding and preventinghuman error in aircraft accident remains the foremostchallenge in aviation safety. A review of 545 aircraftaccidents in US Air Force revealed that 52% of theseaccidents were caused by human error [1]. In anotherstudy by Naval Safety Centre wherein 308 Cat Amishaps were studied, 178 (58%) were attributed toaircrew error. 47% of the accidents were attributed tothe supervisory error, another form of human failure[2].Analysis of fatal human error aircraft accidents in IAFWg Cdr BK Umesh Kumar*, Gp Capt H Malik+ABSTRACTHuman error causes more than half of all aviation accidents. Records of all the fatal human erroraccidents available at Dte. of Flight Safety from 01 Apr 1996 to 01 May 2001 were analysed for variousfactors such as age of the Pilot, total flying hours, type of aircraft and rating of the Pilot. Human factorswere analysed in detail for factors such as inexperience, breach of discipline and lack of situationalawareness. Pilot error accounted for 68% of all fatal aircraft accidents followed by Technical defect 22.9%.Mig–21 is the commonest aircraft involved and accounted for 50% of all accidents. Nearly 50% of theaircrew were aged between 24 – 26 years with mean service flying hours of 900 hours and 200 hours on typewith Ops/White instrument rating. Among the human factors incorrect decision accounted for 48.6% of allaccidents followed by lack of situational awareness (40%) and Poor Skills (36%). Weather accounts for10% of all fatal aircraft accidents

Answer 2

United airlines fight in 1978

Trans Asia flight in 2015