Every instrument pilot, or pilot who takes off VFR at night in the desert or over water, is potentially subject to ...

Somatogravic illusion (SGI) is a stealthy killer. It reveals itself in seemingly unrelated ways and can sneak up and kill you before you know what happened. Here are some different accident types ...

Somatogravic illusion: A significant longitudinal acceleration causes a vestibular illusion that the airplane is pitching up. In response, a pilot may push forward on the control column and ...

Investigators believe that somatogravic illusion did not trigger the fatal Flydubai Boeing 737-800 accident sequence at Rostov-on-Don but might have contributed to a ...

Such is the power of the somatogravic illusion. Rapid forward acceleration and sudden nose-up pitch affect the vestibular system in the ear the same way and, in the absence of true visual ...

The helicopter crash which killed Northern Ireland's richest man, Lord Ballyedmond, may have been triggered by an error in perception. Investigators also blamed a ...

The helicopter crash which killed Tory peer and self-made multimillionaire Lord Ballyedmond may have been triggered by an error in perception along with a lack of ...