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Fatal Words

Name: Fatal Words
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226132013
Price: 39.44 EUR
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Communication Clashes and Aircraft Crashes

Автор: Steven Cushing

Език:

Корици: С меки корици

Издател: The University of Chicago Press

Наличност: Външен склад в ограничено количество

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On March 27, 1977, 583 people died when KLM and Pan Am 747s collided on a crowded, foggy runway in T...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Steven Cushing

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

1997

страници

176

EAN

9780226132013

ISBN

0226132013

Enbook ID

04543766

Издател

The University of Chicago Press

Теглоt

234

Размери

138 x 215 x 14

Пълно описание

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.