The NTSB is set to review recent accidents that highlight the dangers of human fatique within airline operations.
• Oct. 19, 2004, Kirksville, Missouri, Corporate Airlines. Both pilots and 11 passengers were killed. Two passengers received serious injuries.
• Feb. 18, 2007, Delta Connection, operated by Shuttle America, Inc., Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport. All 72 passengers and a crew of four deplaned without serious injury.
• Feb. 13, 2008, Go! flight 1002, operated by Mesa Airlines, flew past its destination airport of Hilo, Hawaii. There were no injuries. What system or practices are implemented to prevent accidents from fatique where you work? What do you do to ensure you don't succumb to fatique?Thanks for reading.
Barb Zuehlke, Managing Editor
Courtesy of San Antonio International Airport
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When the Little Things Matter
Jan. 20, 2022
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