Human Factor

Comair crashed while AirIndia timely rejected takeoff

Leave a Comment / #safety, Aviation, Fatigue, Human Factor, Safety / By Capt. Amit Singh

The discoverers of ‘place cells’ in the brain won the Nobel prize in 2014. Who would have ever imagined that there was a GPS-like system in the brain? When the GPS fails safety is compromised & accidents happen. The Comair CRJ aircraft took off from the wrong runway & crashed. Air Arabia A320 turned towards …

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A350 goes astray as Pilot incapacitation occurs over Paris

Leave a Comment / #approachand goaround, #insrumentscan, #pilot monitoring, #safety, #training, Aviation, Human Factor / By Capt. Amit Singh

An unexpected wind shear warning. The crew had disconnected the auto pilot on final approach at Orly. Thereafter no one flew the aircraft for a few tense moments.