On approach to Kavala Airport at night with one engine on fire, the aircraft entered an. Cleared to divert to Kavala Airport, the pilot made a 180 turn and started the descent. The crew was cruising at FL210 when they reported technical problems. Journal reference: Royal Society Open Science, DOI: 10.1098/rsos. Details: The cargo plane carrying eight crew members and a load of ammunition, was bound for Amman. “It’s pretty surprising that people become more confident they could carry out this highly specialised feat – while at the same time telling us they know that landing a plane requires a great deal of expertise,” says Jordan. While overconfidence has its benefits – for example, giving people a boost that helps them take on life’s challenges – it can also be detrimental when it puts lives in danger, says Kayla Jordan, also at the University of Waikato. The results suggest this applies to a “disturbing proportion of ordinary people”, she says.
Free Airplane Stock Video Footage licensed under creative commons, open source. Garry says the findings suggest that people “tend to inflate their confidence about certain things” as a result of what she calls a “rapid illusion”, meaning they see images that make them believe they are capable of feats for which they have no skill. 4302 Best Airplane Free Video Clip Downloads from the Videezy community. Trained pilots learn to land planes after hundreds of hours of training and education in physics, engineering and meteorology, she adds.
They ranked the required skill level for landing a plane at an average of 4.4 out of 5, says Garry. The results were particularly surprising, the researchers say, given that the respondents in general were convinced that landing a plane requires a great deal of expertise. Read more: Worrying about bad jet lag could actually make your jet lag worse
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