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AF 447 as a Paradigmatic Accident: The Role of Automation on a Modern Airplane

AF 447 as a Paradigmatic Accident: The Role of Automation on a Modern Airplane
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Author(s): Antonio Chialastri (STASA, Italy)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 27
Source title: Automated Systems in the Aviation and Aerospace Industries
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Tetiana Shmelova (National Aviation University, Ukraine), Yuliya Sikirda (Kirovograd Flight Academy of the National Aviation University, Ukraine), Nina Rizun (Gdansk University of Technology, Poland), Dmytro Kucherov (National Aviation University, Ukraine)and Konstantin Dergachov (National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute, Ukraine)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7709-6.ch006

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Abstract

In this chapter, the author presents a human factors problem for automation: why, when, and how automation has been introduced in the aviation domain; what problems arise from different ways of operating; and the possible countermeasures to limit faulty interaction between humans and machines. This chapter is divided into parts: definition of automation, its advantages in ensuring safety in complex systems such as aviation; reasons for the introduction of on-board automation, with a quick glance at the history of accidents in aviation and the related safety paradigms; ergonomics: displays, tools, human-machine interaction emphasizing the cognitive demands in high tempo and complex flight situations; illustration of the AF 447 case, a crash happened in 2009, which causes are linked to faulty human-machine interaction.

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