Controlled Flight into Terrain Accidents: System-Induced Errors

Controlled flight into terrain accidents are those in which an aircraft, under the control of the crew, is flown into terrain (or water) with no prior awareness on the part of the crew of the impending disaster. This paper examines recent experience with these accidents, seeing them as the result of...

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Published in:Human factors 1977-04, Vol.19 (2), p.171-181
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Illusions
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