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The Psychological Aspects of Air Collision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

Extract

A thorough investigation is normally made of all the circumstances relating to an air accident. In-flight collisions can be of particular interest and should certainly be studied by doctors and psychologists. The human factor is said to play a part in 55 to 80 per cent of all accidents, and is basically psychological rather than physiological.

Type
The Avoidance of Collision by Airborne and Shipborne Means - II
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1958

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