Three recent fatal accidents in the United States — an Airbus A300 controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accident on short final in Birmingham, Alabama; a Boeing 777 crash into a seawall in San Francisco; and a midair collision over the Hudson River in New Jersey between a Piper PA‐32R and a Eurocopter AS350 — expose the limitations of a crucial component of human performance: auditory perception (see “Communication Errors That Led to Accidents” ).
Communication Errors That Led to Accidents
Several recent accidents underscore the role of auditory perception in aviation, including the following:
- The Aug. 14, 2013, crash of a UPS Airbus A300 on approach to Birmingham (Alabama, U.S.)-Shuttlesworth International Airport, which killed bo…
