Fatal miscommunication
English in aviation safety
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2264832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Atsushi Tajima (0000-0001-6808-5491, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 451-470 |
| Publication date | 2004-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Englishes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0883-2919.2004.00368.x |
| OpenAlex | W1989090564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper critically analyzes the use of English in the field of aviation. International air traffic has played an increasingly important role in recent globalization, which stresses the massive movement of people. Many pilots and air-traffic controllers having a variety of Englishes, in terms of proficiency and local influence, share this communicative context. Proper use of phraseologic English is a crucial prerequisite for them to participate in the field. However, fatal accidents due to miscommunication where insufficient and improper English were contributing factors have still occurred. With particular focus on communication in air-traffic control (ATC), this paper reexamines some salient aviation accidents in order to critically analyze how communication breakdowns occurred and how various usages of Englishes account for them. It then introduces some attempts to avoid such communication breakdowns as well as analyzes limitations of those attempts. Finally, the paper proposes a few suggestions that may help aviation personnel to cooperatively achieve a better communicative context in aviation
Aeronautics · Air traffic control · Aviation · Aviation accident · Business · Context (archaeology · Field (mathematics · International communication · Political science · Public relations · Salient · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2020 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |