Why Planes Crash

About

Recent advances in airplane design have decreased the number of accidents caused by mechanical failure. However, the percentage of accidents due to human error has not declined. This program examines in detail three major crashes. These crashes raise questions about the effects of human error, crew communication, the increasing use of automated equipment, deregulation, and weather conditions on airline safety.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in. +

VHS, NTSC

Editor, David K. Hanser ; narrator, Bob Evans ; camera, Jean de Segonzac, Richard Lerner

Originally broadcast in 1987 on the television program Nova

Bob Evans

Copy 2 -- Air crashes [:20] -- Accidents & incidents [:11] -- Nova : Why planes crash [:58] -- Windshear avoided [:20]

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Archive

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Credit

Veronica L. Young (Screenwriter) (Director) (Producer), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Coronet (Firm)

Language

English

Subtitles

English (automatic)

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