(not including 9/11, of course)

  • TragicNotCute@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I know we aren’t seriously considering this, but planes crash for a variety of issues but human error is definitely a factor in a number of them. Some reading if you’re interested:

    Single human errors don’t generally cause accidents for a variety of reasons, but significant levels of redundancy help. Accidents happen because mistakes build on mistakes.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_events_(accident_analysis)

    This is an example of one type of human error chain related accident. Could be caused by a variety of things, but this shows that the plane in these cases has basically nothing to do with the accident. All human error.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_flight_into_terrain

    Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

    • yarr@feddit.nlOPM
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      7 days ago

      I know we aren’t seriously considering this

      Are you sure? It seems like some of us are…