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A Case Study on Aircraft Accidents Due to Air Traffic Controller's Human Error - Applying TEM (Threat & Error Management) Analysis - (항공교통관제사의 휴먼에러에 기인한 국내외 항공기 사고 사례연구 - TEM(Threat & Error Management) 분석법을 적용하여 -)

  • Kim, Jung-Bin;Park, Sung-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.124-133
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    • 2021
  • 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.

A Study On The Effect of CDTI With Air Traffic Information (항공교통정보가 제공되는 CDTI 효과 연구)

  • Gil, Hyun-Cheol;Ahn, Dong-Mhan;Hong, Gyo-Young
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.611-618
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    • 2012
  • ICAO has recommended the introduction of New CNS/ATM based on GNSS technologies and Data link communication to purpose increasing air traffic demand. The CNS/ATM is composed of communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management. Cockpit Display Traffic Information(CDTI) that is equipment to share air traffic information to Pilot, Traffic Controller and ground vehicles has been built based on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast(ADS-B) information in Surveillance field. This paper is research that what is the effect between pilot and controller through CDTI. Based on ATC communication between Pilot and Controller, We construct simulation environment and did a comparative analysis of it. according to result, We can verify that CDTI makes aircraft Call sign, Position, Altitude information read rate, and notice of air traffic information between Pilot and Controller more improve than ATC environment and Existing Radar System.

A Study on the Air Traffic Situation Variables which Influence the Job Performance of Military Air Traffic Controllers (군관제사의 직무 수행과 항공교통상황 변인의 영향 연구)

  • Sin, Hyon-Sam;Jang, Jung-Ha;Ahn, Jae-Mo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2012
  • The air traffic situation variables were emphasized in this research to review the awareness level of job performance of military air traffic controllers in application of air traffic situation variables such as detection of aircraft identification, type of aircraft, position ,speed, altitude, determination of separation between departing and arriving in-trail aircraft, physical airport conditions, adverse weather conditions, NAVAID outage and ATC facilities' operational status. In this respect, This study was conducted under the auspice of ATC facility operating agencies and devoting air force air traffic controller's participation by answering the questionnaires from nine radar approach control facilities and other air traffic control towers.

Fatigue and Stress of Air Traffic Controllers in Korea (항공교통관제사의 피로.스트레스 요인)

  • Yoon, Yong-Sik;Lee, Su-Ran;Sohn, Young-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.76-85
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    • 2012
  • Air traffic controllers often experience fatigue and stress on the job due to work-related factors. Performance impairment resulting from fatigue and stress is an important concern for aviation safety. The goal of this research was to investigate fatigue and stress factors for air traffic controllers. The research involved an extensive literature review of fatigue and stress in the air traffic control environment and surveyed fatigue and job stress level of Korean air traffic controllers compared to other occupation groups. Results of survey showed that fatigue and stress levels of air traffic controllers were significantly higher than other occupation groups. Specially air traffic controllers reported that night work created high level of fatigue and perceived that physical environment and job demand induced high level of stress. In addition, implications for fatigue and stress management were discussed.

A Study On Automatic Control Sector Hand-off Algorithm For Air Traffic Control System Automation (항공관제 시스템 자동화를 위한 자동 관제권 이양 알고리즘 연구)

  • Kim, Yong-Kyun;Won, In-Su;Yun, Jun-Chol;Park, Hyo-Dal
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.489-494
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    • 2010
  • According to the recent increase in air traffic more efficient air traffic control automation is required. Aeronautical traffic environment is different from the common traffic environment since it exist controller for control of aircraft And controller have to control jurisdiction hand-off by manual when aircraft move to the other sector. This paper proposes the automatic control jurisdiction hand-off algorithm for efficient air traffic flow management. It is sector distinction algorithm that aircraft move sector to the other sector it recognized sector and then give permission to authorized controller. As a simulation result, so unlilke simply manual control sector hand-off of existing algorithm. we confirmed that proposed algorithm in this paper can do air traffic control more efficiently by performing automatic aircraft. control sector hand-off.

A Study on Needs for JCRM with Pilot and Air Traffic Controllers (조종사와 항공교통관제사의 JCRM 필요성에 관한 연구)

  • Jin Yup Kim;Young-jin Cho
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.247-254
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    • 2023
  • GAIN in the US explained in its Pilot/Controller Collaboration Initiatives report that "pilots and air traffic controllers talk to each other all day long, but they rarely communicate." The starting point for the study was the question of whether differences in flight safety perceptions and culture between pilots and air traffic controllers, or other factors, could lead to mutual misunderstandings of procedures and instructions. Digest with The many processes that must be solved within tight deadlines increase the likelihood of accidents through cascading risk factors such as James Reason's Swiss Cheese Theory. Despite the fact that the pilot-air traffic controller complex, which is the subject of flight, occupies a considerable part, there is no integrated management for safe operation between the two groups. Therefore, this research aims to achieve integrated management of safety and education for safe operation between pilots and air traffic controllers through JCRM..

User Interface Satisfaction of the Air Traffic Control System (항공교통관제시스템에 대한 사용자 인터페이스 만족도 조사)

  • Song, Chang-Sun;Sohn, Young-Woo;Kwon, Hyuk-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of study is to investigate the current user interface level of air traffic control system with the usability analysis and satisfaction survey questionnaire on user satisfaction. Think aloud protocol is used to identify not only task analysis, but also the level of user-friendliness of the FIMS and ASDE system, and the user interface questionnaires was conducted by QUIS. We collected data from 6 controllers for Think aloud protocol and 15 controllers for QUIS in Incheon airport. The results showed that the system was the valuable tool for ensuring human performance with the support of memory and the facilitation of decision-making tasks. It helps air traffic controllers perform better and minimize errors in a congested time. The human-computer interface system design, however, was not applied, which led to the increase of workload. Air traffic controller participation in software development provided excellent examples for applications in terms of software in FIMS. Based on these results, the study provided that the usability of system interface was necessary to take into account human factors. The development and design of system was discussed in User Interface environment.

Human-in-the-Loop Simulation Analysis of Integrated RPAS Operations in Trajectory Based Operations Environment

  • Oh, Hyeju;Kang, Jisoo;Kang, Seon-Young;Choi, Keeyoung;Lee, Hak-Tae;Jung, Hyuntae;Moon, Woo-Choon
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.604-613
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, Human-in-the-Loop (HiTL) simulations of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) operations in two different Air Traffic Management (ATM) concepts, conventional radar vectoring and Trajectory Based Operations (TBO), were performed to assess the impacts of RPAS integration in the future ATM environment. TBO concept maximizes the throughput by planning and sharing 4-D trajectories between pilots and controllers, and it is considered one of the key concepts to enable RPASs to operate with manned aircraft in congested airspaces. RPASs are characterized by having communication delay or temporary loss of communication. TBO capability was added to the integrated air traffic simulation system for this study, which was developed in the Inha University. HiTL simulations were performed by a trainee air traffic controller with three scenarios, and the data were analyzed using safety, efficiency, and controller workload metrics. The results suggest that TBO were effective in reducing delays and controller workload while maintaining the level of safety.

Association of Human Error on Air Traffic Controller and Pilot (항공교통관제사와 조종사 인적오류의 연계성)

  • Moon, Woo-Choon;Choi, Youn-Chul;Yang, Han-Mo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2008
  • There are many studies indicate that human is one of the major contributing factors to the aviation accident. To this end, the Human Factor of pilots and in flight operations has been a popular subject to be studied, however, not of the air traffic controllers. Recently, some States have started studying Human Errors in Air Traffic Control field, removal of the potential errors in advance and prevention of the similar errors. This study analyzed Human Errors in air traffic control in terms of LOSA of airlines, which has been actively studied. This study will contribute to safe Flight Operation and Air Traffic Control.

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A Review of Cognitive Aspects of Air Traffic Controllers from a Psychological Perspective (심리학으로 바라본 항공교통관제사 인지능력)

  • Kwon, Hyuk-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.34-41
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    • 2014
  • Aviation safety issues have drawn much attention from the international community due to the growing demand for air travel. Although it is a widely accepted fact that human-related factors are closely linked to aviation safety, there is lack of understanding what roles those factors play in aviation, in the field of air traffic control in particular. It has been reported that the role of air traffic controllers significantly affects air safety. This review will discuss cognitive aspects of expertise in air traffic control including time perception, working memory, reasoning, perception, attention, scanning/vigilance, decision making, and planning with examples of how each aspect can be dealt with in performing air traffic control duties. The relevant studies in psychology have also been briefly reviewed in the interest of enhancing understanding of characteristics of air traffic control tasks and the related human factors. This review concludes with a call for more in-depth research into cognitive factors in air traffic control.