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The accident of flight 447 Rio-Paris: a case study for HCI research

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Stéphane Conversy,

Stéphane Chatty,

Hélène Gaspard-Boulinc,

Jean-Luc VinotAuthors Info & Claims

HCI-Aero '16: Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aerospace

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2950112.2964586

Published: 14 September 2016 Publication History

Abstract

On June 1st, 2009 flight AF447 from Rio to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The safety and legal investigations concluded that human factors have played an important role in the accident. Observing that a number of elements from the report written by the French Office of Investigations for Civil Aviation Safety may be assimilated to known concepts from HCI, we propose to use the report as a case study for HCI research. After introducing the aeronautical vocabulary required to its understanding, we extract the HCI-related elements from the report, and assimilate, organize and translate them into conceptual frameworks from the Model of Action and Epistemology. We hope to foster further research aiming at a more formal modeling of the accident, or to foster the identification of possible improvements of the onboard systems.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3242587.3242623

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The accident of flight 447 Rio-Paris: a case study for HCI research
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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HCI-Aero '16: Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aerospace

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DOI:10.1145/2950112

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Reig SFong TForlizzi JSteinfeld A(2022)Theory and Design Considerations for the User Experience of Smart EnvironmentsIEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems10.1109/THMS.2022.314211252:3(522-535)Online publication date: Jun-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/THMS.2022.3142112
Conversy SGarcia JBuisan GCousy MPoirier MSaporito NTaurino DFrau GDebattista JBaudisch PSchmidt AWilson A(2018)VizirProceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3242587.3242623(261-273)Online publication date: 11-Oct-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3242587.3242623

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