Accidents due to mechanical failure and weather have indeed dropped sharply since the 1960 s. But over the last 20 years, statistics reveal, two out of three air accidents have been caused by pilot error.
一九六○年以後，飛機失事率陡降，就是因為由機械或天氣引起的空難，已經大大減少。那麼，問題出在那裡？過去廿年的統計資料透露了一個秘密，就是每三件空難，有兩件是由駕駛員的錯誤所造成的。