MIDAIR COLLISIONS: AEROMEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS. AEROMEDICAL REVIEW

Midair collisions have become an increasingly important fraction of total aircraft accidents in recent years. Psychophysiologic factors which have a bearing on collision avoidance are discussed in greater detail in this revision of an earlier review. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Revision of Rept. no. SAM-Review-2-73 dated Mar 73, AD-758 189.
• Corporate Authors:

  School of Aerospace Medicine

  Aerospace Medical Division
  Brooks AFB, TX  United States  78235
• Authors:
  • Yoder, J E
  • Moser, R J
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 28 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Aviation medicine; Aviation safety; Biochemical oxygen demand; Case studies; Crash avoidance systems; Flight; Flight crews; Glare; Hypoxia; Midair crashes; Reaction time; Vision; Visual perception
• Uncontrolled Terms: Psychophysiology
• Old TRIS Terms: Inflight
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00146226
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAM-Review-4-76, SAM-TR-76-29
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM