pilot error
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpilotanderror
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pilot
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈpaɪ.lət/us/ˈpaɪ.lət/
A pilot plan, product, or system is used to test how good something is before ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈer.ər/us/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition ofpilotanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For example, airplanes are designed so that they are very stable, do not go wildly off course when there is a minorpiloterror.
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More specifically, the probable cause of the accident is stated to bepiloterrordue to a combination of 11 stated factors.
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When a plane crashes followingpiloterror, nobody ever thinks of training non-conventional pilots.
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Explanations were sought in 816 cases and airlines admittedpiloterrorin 51 of them.
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I refer in particular to the question of research into the underlying reasons forpiloterror.
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There was certainly no criticism of the crews or any suggestion ofpiloterror.
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Two-thirds of the accidents have been attributed topiloterror, and the rest to engine or structural failure.
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I think the report shows that the primary cause of the accident was apiloterror.
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Our losses are much higher than for any other air force; are they due to faulty equipment or topiloterror?
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The second article described fly-by-wire systems, which are designed to make aircraft lighter, but also to improve their reliability and to reducepiloterror.
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The fact that no "technical malfunction" was discovered may well be a correct assumption ofpiloterrorin some situations.
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According to one submission to the military pilots' internet site, it may have beenpiloterror, it may have been something else.
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The finding thatpiloterrorwas the only possible cause must be highly questionable.
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Although the crash is being blamed onpiloterror, it is obvious that there were other problems.
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Some of them are due topiloterror, some are due to bad maintenance, and some are due to bad local manufacture.
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It was not unusual for a court of inquiry to conclude that the cause waspiloterror.
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Having ruled out any mechanical or extraneous cause, the inquiry was left with only two possible conclusions:piloterroror pilot negligence.
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That can be called merelypiloterror, because the pilot misread the altimeter.
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Everyone has accepted that it is at least possible that the cause waspiloterror.
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Piloterrorbrings me back to the airmanship of the pilot, his knowledge of his machine and of the elements through which he will fly.
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Of these six accidents, two have involved mechanical failure, two have been associated with weather conditions prevailing at the time of the flight, and two are attributable topiloterror.
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