N° 100 - june 2010
FAILED LANDINGS IN BAD WEATHER
by Christian Morel
Sociologist
Article translated from French by Marc Idelson
Article published in French in Gérer et Comprendre [June 2009] http://www.annales.org/
As a sign of tension between natural and economic forces, failed landings in bad weather represent an original risk situation. Natural factors play their part, as wind and rain, crucial variables, are hard to determine precisely at any one time. But economic factors are equally important: rerouting is expensive, competition is strong, runway ends (known as blast pads) are managed to the square yard, etc…
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