# Why Planes Crash

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 \[:20\]

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1987
- By: Veronica L. Young (Screenwriter) (Director) (Producer), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Coronet (Firm)
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/WhyPlanesCrash)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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