User:Clawrafill/Flight dangers

New article name ... Dangers of flight While due to the advances of technology, flight is one of the safest forms of travel, it just like everything else has its dangers The dangers would come under two main headings, human error, and nature.

Human error

Human error can be split into four categories, pilot, tower, communication and equipment.

Pilot error can occur due to a combination of factors like fatigue, reading the map wrongly, not taking note of equipment read outs, poor visibility, inexperience, unfamiliarity with airport or terrain, becoming dazed or disoriented, red outs from too much acceleration, falling asleep, black outs, poor health, pushing the limit of the vehicle, and confusing the vertical (which way is up?)

Tower error can occur when a tower operator makes an error, and gives possibly fatal instructions to the pilot. Such mistakes could include wrongly estimating the path of two air planes resulting in a mid-air crash, incorrectly giving landing instructions, not allowing enough time for the runway to be cleared and confusing runways. Communication errors can occur due to miss hearing what was said, and communication difficulties due to equipment and possibly language and accent Equipment failure Air craft are supposed to be rigidly inspected and maintained, but human error can creep in here too, leading to things being over looked. Equipment failure can fall into computer error, electrical failure, instrument failure, mechanical and structural.

Natural hazards Some of the natural hazards of flight include bird strike, when a bird hits the wind shield of an airplane, a bird getting caught into the intake of an engine and causing damage, sand from dust storms or volcanic ash abrading the blades and clogging the air intake, natural fatigue of the airplane due to the stresses of flight, lighting strikes, hidden tall mountains, inclement weather, ice buildup, icy runways, air gusts, and air pockets of low pressure that can cause a sudden drop of the air vehicle.

Other Other dangers could include tall buildings, hijacking, other air vehicles and even anti air missiles. Because of these dangers, airplanes in particular have been designed to cope and face them, having multiple redundancies designed into them, so that if one system fails, others can be used to fly and land the plane safely.

External links

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http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/classic/chronicle-of-flight1.htm http://www.king5.com/news/local/Aviation-incident-study-115343649.html