Pilot Error

Die Technik hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten rasant weiterentwickelt und das Fliegen sicherer gemacht – aber es gibt einen Faktor, der sich nicht geändert hat: der Mensch, der das Flugzeug fliegt. Pilotenfehler sind heutzutage für etwa 70 Prozent der Flugzeugunglücke verantwortlich. Diese Episode wirft einen Blick in die Cockpits und erklärt, warum menschliche Einschränkungen dort unsere Sicherheit bedrohen.

Pilots can make mistakes, but as planes become more complex and automation becomes more advanced, they're making different kinds of errors. As more and more incidents are caught on camera by passengers, what's being discovered behind the cockpit door can be shocking: pilots falling asleep, having breakdowns, sometimes forgetting to land; and some of them don't have the experience to know what to do when things go wrong. These are the people we trust with our lives every time we board a plane, but they're more and more reliant on computers, and sometimes too tired to fly safely. Is flying becoming more pressurised and are we asking pilots to do the impossible? As well as examining shocking video and audio footage, Brendan visits some of the world's leading aviation research centres to take part in hands-on experiments that give an insight into the near misses that can put passengers' lives in danger.

Les progrès technologiques rendent les équipements aériens de plus en plus fiables, mais il est toujours impossible de maîtriser totalement le facteur humain. Les erreurs de pilotage sont responsables de près de 70% des accidents d'avions aujourd'hui. Dans cet épisode, toutes les erreurs humaines qui menacent la sécurité des passagers sont envisagées et analysées.