Cultural aspects of air mishaps

There is a need to strengthen three basic defences in aviation safety—technology, training and regulation.

Investigators analysing aircraft accidents these days mostly look for human factors, as the trend of global air accidents shows technical reasons in the decline whereas the share of human factors is increasing. Pilot error, fatigue, distraction, lack of situational awareness or poor decision-making are the most cited reasons for crashes. However, there is a need to go beyond these reasons to understand why crashes happen.