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You know that it is almost like 90:10 ratio for human errors: everything else in flying?
by StreamBright 8y ago
You know that it is almost like 90:10 ratio for human errors: everything else in flying?
- jandrese 8y agoAirplane crashes almost never have single fault. It's always something like "modest maintenance issue combined with incorrect pilot action combined with unusual weather pattern". Ultimately the pilot takes the blame in the situation, but the actual problem is systemic.
- gowld 8y ago"human errors" is rather vague. Does that include pilots violating standards? Bad guidance from ATC? Making a poor call during an emergency? Letting a plane go into service with maintenance violations? Doing maintenance incorrectly?
- Piskvorrr 8y agoYes. And more. After a century of making aviation safe, it's the corner cases, combined with other corner cases, that manage to get through. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model