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http://dx.doi.org/10.12985/ksaa.2021.29.4.124

A Case Study on Aircraft Accidents Due to Air Traffic Controller's Human Error - Applying TEM (Threat & Error Management) Analysis -  

Kim, Jung-Bin (한국교통대학교 글로벌융합대학원)
Park, Sung-Sik (한국교통대학교 항공운항학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics / v.29, no.4, 2021 , pp. 124-133 More about this Journal
Abstract
The airline industry has been growing steadily since 2016 with more than 100 million air passengers, renewing the largest number of air passengers every year. Increasing air demand leads to an increase in air traffic in limited airspace, increasing the likelihood of accidents between aircraft. Due to the massive human and material damage caused by a single mistake, aviation safety is being heavily focused around the world to efficiently use limited airspace. Studies related to various human factors are underway as most of the aviation accidents are found to be caused by human factors, but research on human factors by controllers is insufficient while they are active in terms of control and operation. Given that 82% of air accidents caused by controllers are caused by human error, the importance of management of human error and changes in perception are urgently needed. This study aims to understand the seriousness of the controller's human error by analyzing the accident cases caused by the controller's human error using TEM to identify threats and errors and derive common human factors.
Keywords
Air Traffic Controller; Human Error; ATC Accident Analysis; Threat and Error Management;
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