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spatial disorientation
Definição1
A situation of bad visibility and/or unusual manoeuvres which result in the pilot not knowing what attitude the aircraft is in.
Fonte1
CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005.
Fonte2
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part IV: reporting. 2nd ed. Montreal, 2014. (Doc. 9756 AN/965).
Contexto
Safety issue: The pilot’s spatial disorientation was discovered as one of the accident causes. Spatial disorientation has also been mentioned as a factor in a number of accidents worldwide, so special preventive measures are to be developed and implemented.
Subárea
Safety
Français
désorientation spatiale