40 PERCENT OF FATAL ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY LACK OF POSITIONAL AWARENESS: CAA
An analysis of 621 global fatal accidents involving airline passenger aircraft between 1980 and 1996 showed that 41 percent occurred due to lack of positional awareness in the air, Adrian Sayce, head of safety analysis for the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority, said last week in Washington, D.C. Sayce...
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