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csours · 2017-11-02 · Original thread
Also the classic Field Guide to Understanding Human Error.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Understanding-Human-Error...

Older PDF (paperback is well worth it, in my opinion): http://www.leonardo-in-flight.nl/PDF/FieldGuide%20to%20Human...

csours · 2017-11-02 · Original thread
The path to a disaster has been compared to a tunnel [0]. You can escape from the tunnel at many points, but you may not realize it.

Trying to find the 'real cause' is a fool's errand, because there are many places and ways to avoid the outcome.

I do take your meaning, reducing speed and following well established rules would have almost certainly have saved them.

0. PDF: http://www.leonardo-in-flight.nl/PDF/FieldGuide%20to%20Human...

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Understanding-Human-Error...