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Stress
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| Category: | Human Behaviour | 
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| Content source: | SKYbrary | 
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| Content control: | EUROCONTROL | 
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Description
Stress is a bodily response to a stimulus that disturbs or interferes with the “normal” physiological equilibrium of a person and, in the context of aviation, refers to a state of physical, mental or emotional strain due to some external or internal stimulus.
Understanding the factors that lead to stress, as well as how to cope with stressful situations, can greatly improve a individual's performance. Also, understanding that colleagues may react differently to the same stressor is important and can help you control a situation that can quickly get out of hand if an individual is having a negative reaction.
Related OGHFA Material
- Stress and Stress Management (OGHFA BN)
- Fuel Starvation, Stress, Fatigue and Nonstandard Phraseology (OGHFA SE)
- OGFHA Stress Management Visual
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Accidents & Incidents
Events on the SKYbrary database which list stress as a significant contributory factor:
- FA20, vicinity Narsarsuaq Greenland, 2001 (CFIT HF): On 5 August 2001, a Dassault Falcon 20, operated by Naske Air, on a non-scheduled international cargo flight, crashed on the final approach to runway 07 at Narsarsuaq, Greenland (BGBW), the aircraft impacting mountainous terrain 4.5 nm SW of the aerodrome. The investigation concluded that: "...In combination with fatigue, another contributing element to the accident might have been stress".
- B752, vicinity Cali Colombia, 1995 (CFIT HF): On 20 December 1995, an American Airlines Boeing 757-223, crashed into mountainous terrain while descending to land at Cali, Colombia, at night without flying a published arrival and approach procedure.
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