In 2011, a medical evacuation helicopter crashed in the USA killing all four occupants including a patient. The NTSB has concluded that constant texting by the pilot on his mobile was a contributing cause of the accident. He ran out of fuel. A news article mentions that "It was the first fatal commercial aircraft accident investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board in which texting has been implicated. And it underscored the board's worries that distractions from electronic devices are a growing factor in incidents across all modes of transportation — planes, trains, cars, trucks and even ships."
Now this is another reason to ban mobiles in chemical plants!
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/10/pilot-texting-contributed-to-copter-crash-ntsb-says/#ixzz2RONCSQmc
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Now this is another reason to ban mobiles in chemical plants!
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/10/pilot-texting-contributed-to-copter-crash-ntsb-says/#ixzz2RONCSQmc
Contribute to the surviving victims of Bhopal by buying my book "Practical Process Safety Management"
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