Editing Chain of events (accident analysis) (section)

== Aviation ==

In [[aviation accidents and incidents]], these contributing actions typically stem from [[human factors|human factor-related]] mistakes and [[pilot error]], rather than mechanical failure.<ref name="GFDPrivate"/><ref name="GFDInstrument">{{cite book |author=Willits, Pat |others=Mike Abbott, Liz Kailey, and Jim Mowery |title=Guided Flight Discovery: Instrument/Commercial |url=http://www.jeppesen.com/wlcs/application/commercewf?origin=itemsummary.jsp&event=link(details)&wlcs_catalog_item_sku=JS314520&wlcs_catalog_category_id=AT1A1B9&wlcs_document_type=details |year=2000 |publisher=[[Jeppesen]] |location=[[Englewood, Colorado|Englewood]] |isbn=0-88487-274-2 |oclc=145504766 |pages=1–31 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A study conducted by [[Boeing]] found that 55% of airline accidents between 1959 and 2005 were caused by such human related factors, while only 17% of accidents were caused by mechanical issues with the aircraft.<ref name="Boeing">{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/techissues/pdf/statsum.pdf |title=Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents Worldwide Operations |author=Boeing |date=2016 |publisher=Aviation Safety Boeing Commercial Airplanes}}</ref>

The [[Tenerife airport disaster]], the worst accident in aviation history, is a prime example of an accident in which a chain of events and errors can be identified leading up to the crash.<ref name="PBS">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/3315_planecra.html |title=The Deadliest Plane Crash (transcript) |year=2006 |work=NOVA |publisher=PBS }}</ref>  Pilot error, communications problems, fog, and airfield congestion (due to a bomb threat and explosion at another airport) all contributed to this catastrophe.<ref name="PBS"/>