Location
Daytona Beach, FL USA
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
9-5-2018 10:35 AM
End Date
9-5-2018 11:05 AM
Description
A systematic linguistic review of accident investigation reports contained in the Air Safety Network Accident Database by a team of applied linguists and aviation operational safety experts and accident investigators was conducted. A systematic approach to identifying accidents that occurred in multilingual and/or cross cultural contexts was used, and those accidents identified were then reviewed for possible language related factors. The study has revealed that language proficiency, including reading proficiency, affects aviation safety in a number of ways, beyond pilot and controller radiotelephony communications.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Mathews, Elizabeth, "A Linguistic Review of Aviation Accidents" (2018). International Civil Aviation English Association. 5.
https://commons.erau.edu/icaea-workshop/2018/wednesday/5
A Linguistic Review of Aviation Accidents
Daytona Beach, FL USA
A systematic linguistic review of accident investigation reports contained in the Air Safety Network Accident Database by a team of applied linguists and aviation operational safety experts and accident investigators was conducted. A systematic approach to identifying accidents that occurred in multilingual and/or cross cultural contexts was used, and those accidents identified were then reviewed for possible language related factors. The study has revealed that language proficiency, including reading proficiency, affects aviation safety in a number of ways, beyond pilot and controller radiotelephony communications.
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