Fatal Words
Communication Clashes and Aircraft Crashes
Seiten
1997
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-13201-3 (ISBN)
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-13201-3 (ISBN)
After explaining how miscommunication has led to dozens of aircraft disasters, the author proposes innovative solutions for prevention - such as a visual communication system and a computerized voice mechanism to help clear up confusing language.
On March 27, 1977, 583 people died when KLM and Pan Am 747s collided on a crowded, foggy runway in Tenerife, the Canary Islands. The cause was a miscommunication between the pilot and the air traffic controller. The pilot radioed, "We are now at takeoff," meaning that the plane was lifting off, but the tower controller misunderstood and thought the plane was waiting on the runway. In" Fatal Words", Steven Cushing explains how miscommunication has led to dozens of aircraft disasters, and he proposes innovative solutions for preventing them. He examines ambiguities in language when aviation jargon and colloquial English are mixed, when a word is used that has different meanings, and when different words are used that sound alike. To remedy these problems, Cushing proposes a visual communication system and a computerized voice mechanism to help clear up confusing language. This is an accessible explanation of some of the most notorious aircraft tragedies of our time, and it should appeal to scholars in communications, linguistics and cognitive science, to aviation experts and to general readers.
On March 27, 1977, 583 people died when KLM and Pan Am 747s collided on a crowded, foggy runway in Tenerife, the Canary Islands. The cause was a miscommunication between the pilot and the air traffic controller. The pilot radioed, "We are now at takeoff," meaning that the plane was lifting off, but the tower controller misunderstood and thought the plane was waiting on the runway. In" Fatal Words", Steven Cushing explains how miscommunication has led to dozens of aircraft disasters, and he proposes innovative solutions for preventing them. He examines ambiguities in language when aviation jargon and colloquial English are mixed, when a word is used that has different meanings, and when different words are used that sound alike. To remedy these problems, Cushing proposes a visual communication system and a computerized voice mechanism to help clear up confusing language. This is an accessible explanation of some of the most notorious aircraft tragedies of our time, and it should appeal to scholars in communications, linguistics and cognitive science, to aviation experts and to general readers.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.5.1997 |
---|---|
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 16 x 22 mm |
Gewicht | 227 g |
Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-226-13201-3 / 0226132013 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-226-13201-3 / 9780226132013 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
das Manual zur psychologischen Gesundheitsförderung
Buch | Hardcover (2023)
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
39,99 €
Lehrbuch zur berufsspezifischen Ausbildung
Buch | Softcover (2021)
Kohlhammer (Verlag)
46,00 €
Wissenschaftlich basierte Empfehlungen, Tipps und Ernährungspläne für …
Buch (2022)
Thieme (Verlag)
51,00 €