This week: how an unfavorable interaction between humans and automation caused a normal approach to snowball into a complete loss of control. If you like the Admiral's work, consider supporting...
This week: how an unfavorable interaction between humans and automation caused a normal approach to snowball into a complete loss of control.
That was a great read, thanks for posting. It reminds me a lot of some human computer interaction classes I took during university warning of mode error and pitfalls of automation.
That was a great read, thanks for posting. It reminds me a lot of some human computer interaction classes I took during university warning of mode error and pitfalls of automation.
I've read almost all of the Admiral's posts for years and I find this crash one of the most terrifying. Putting myself in the passenger's shoes, you're within 500 ft of the ground, glad the flight...
I've read almost all of the Admiral's posts for years and I find this crash one of the most terrifying. Putting myself in the passenger's shoes, you're within 500 ft of the ground, glad the flight is nearly over, and seeing the threshold of the airport and the runway, knowing you've had a successful flight - when suddenly the plane pitches up. Im sure at first, the experienced flyer was thinking 'oh I guess we're going to go around' and for a few seconds there's no panic. But then the plane continues to pitch up til you realize it's WAY past the point of a normal climb, even past 45 degrees for a few moments. That's gotta cause utter terror knowing that something is desperately wrong. And then it slows, flattens and starts a freefall, like hitting the apex of a rollercoaster and everything drops out from beneath you. Even a bit of turbulence that causes a bit of a drop is disconcerting, but to know that you're close to the ground and the plane is falling straight down would be mind boggling terrifying. Im sure there was nothing but screaming and panic in that cabin for the last few seconds. And then WHAM! and it was all over for almost everyone.
Just want to thank the Admiral for convincing me never to get on a commercial flight again :) I used to work for an airline and flew quite often, but Im done. Where there are humans, there are mistakes and Id rather not be in the silver cigar when it happens.
This week: how an unfavorable interaction between humans and automation caused a normal approach to snowball into a complete loss of control.
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That was a great read, thanks for posting. It reminds me a lot of some human computer interaction classes I took during university warning of mode error and pitfalls of automation.
I've read almost all of the Admiral's posts for years and I find this crash one of the most terrifying. Putting myself in the passenger's shoes, you're within 500 ft of the ground, glad the flight is nearly over, and seeing the threshold of the airport and the runway, knowing you've had a successful flight - when suddenly the plane pitches up. Im sure at first, the experienced flyer was thinking 'oh I guess we're going to go around' and for a few seconds there's no panic. But then the plane continues to pitch up til you realize it's WAY past the point of a normal climb, even past 45 degrees for a few moments. That's gotta cause utter terror knowing that something is desperately wrong. And then it slows, flattens and starts a freefall, like hitting the apex of a rollercoaster and everything drops out from beneath you. Even a bit of turbulence that causes a bit of a drop is disconcerting, but to know that you're close to the ground and the plane is falling straight down would be mind boggling terrifying. Im sure there was nothing but screaming and panic in that cabin for the last few seconds. And then WHAM! and it was all over for almost everyone.
Just want to thank the Admiral for convincing me never to get on a commercial flight again :) I used to work for an airline and flew quite often, but Im done. Where there are humans, there are mistakes and Id rather not be in the silver cigar when it happens.
I'm with you about Admiral Cloudberg's posts. Really good content.