Episode 9 - Eastern Airlines Flight 401 and attention capture

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives. This week, we look at British European Airways Flight 548, a Hawker Siddeley Trident which crashed shortly after take-off from Heathrow Airport in 1972. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy?

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives. This week, we look at Eastern Airlines Flight 401, a Lockheed Tristar which crashed into the Florida Everglades in 1972. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy?

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives. This week, we look at the Zagreb Incident, a mid-air collision that occurred in 1976 between a British Airways Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy?

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives. This week, we look at Crossair flight 3597, an Avro RJ which crashed into a hillside on approach to Zurich airport in 2001. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy?

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and to take away into the rest of our lives, too. This week, in a special bonus short episode, we look at XW666, a Royal Air Force Nimrod R.1 which ditched off the coast of Scotland in 1995. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what can we learn about decision making under pressure?

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and to take away into the rest of our lives, too. This week, we look at Empire Airlines Flight 8284, an ATR-42 that crashed just short of the runway in Lubbock, Texas, on the 27 January 2009, writing off the aircraft after it burst into flames. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what can we learn about challenging authority?

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and to take away into the rest of our lives, too. This week, we look at Colgan Air Flight 3407, a Bombardier Q400 that stalled in icing conditions on approach into Buffalo, New York, in 2009, killing all on board. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy?

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives. This week, we look at Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed Tristar that had a cargo fire and landed safely, yet resulted in the death of all on board. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy?

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives. This week, we look at Helios Flight 522, a Boeing 737 that suffered from fuel starvation as a result of a slow depressurisation in 2005, killing all on board. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy?

Join me, Katy, in The Human Factor as we delve into an aviation incident and see what we can learn from it, for aviation and for our everyday lives. This week, we look at Dan Air Flight 1008, a Boeing 727 that crashed into the mountains of Tenerife in 1980, killing all on board. What happened? Could it have been avoided? And what did we learn from this tragedy?