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[Phys-l] OT A Greek Tragedy



I thought you might be intrigued by the following cryptic summary
of an aircraft accident as described in a subsequent report
(given in the following URL)

Deficiencies in diachronic safety audits preceded
Helios's loss of a plane near Grammatikos.


...or in slightly more detail:

An aircraft of the Helios airline, lost near Grammatikos attracted
some adverse commentary from the Flight Safety Foundation, among
which was this sentence....

LATENT CAUSES
1. The Operator's deficiencies in organization, quality management
and safety culture, documented diachronically as findings in numerous
audits.

<http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050814-0>

Did you need to look up the word "diachronic" too? :-)


Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!