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Pilot's Selfies Could Have Caused Deadly Air Crash
alphadogg writes: A deadly air crash that killed a pilot and passenger in Colorado last year was likely due to a loss of spatial awareness brought on in part by taking of selfies while in flight, the National Transportation Safety Board has concluded. An examination of the aircraft revealed no apparent problems that would have caused the accident so, based on the previous patterns of behavior, the NTSB concluded that "it is likely that cell phone use during the accident flight distracted the pilot and contributed to the development of spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of control."
What's worse is that's not the evidence.
The evidence seems to be that his PASSENGERS took selfies before. Then he crashed. Therefore he took a selfie.
More likely, the /. headline was garbled, and what was really asserted is that his passengers were taking selfies, and he was disoriented by the flashes from the selfies taken by someone else.
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Most motorcyclists crash 6-months to 2 years from their first ride (for ones that ride regularly). Their confidence goes up faster than their skill. That applies to almost any task. That's why Dunning-Krueger exists. He knew better and did it anyway. It's called "human factors".
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