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Human fatigue and the crash of the airship Italia

The airship Italia, commanded by General Umberto Nobile, crashed during its return flight from the North Pole in 1928. The cause of the accident was never satisfactorily explained. We present evidence that the crash may have been fatigue-related. Nobile’s memoirs indicate that at the time of the cra...

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Autores principales: Bendrick, Gregg A., Beckett, Scott A., Klerman, Elizabeth B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5421565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490834
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.27105