General Nobile and the Airship Italia: No Second-In-Command

The airship Italia, commanded by General Umberto Nobile, crashed during its return flight from the North Pole in 1928. Prior work has demonstrated the possibility that this crash was fatigue-related, due to significant sleep-deprivation on the part of its Commander, and to resulting errors in cognit...

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Main Author: Bendrick, Gregg A.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Aerospace Medicine
Nobile
North Pole
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20170004488
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spelling ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:20170004488 2023-05-15T17:39:47+02:00 General Nobile and the Airship Italia: No Second-In-Command Bendrick, Gregg A. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available April 29, 2017 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20170004488 unknown Document ID: 20170004488 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20170004488 No Copyright CASI Aerospace Medicine AFRC-E-DAA-TN36124 Aerospace Medical Assocation Annual Scientific Meeting; 29 Apr. - 4 May 2017; Denver, CO; United States 2017 ftnasantrs 2019-07-20T23:34:01Z The airship Italia, commanded by General Umberto Nobile, crashed during its return flight from the North Pole in 1928. Prior work has demonstrated the possibility that this crash was fatigue-related, due to significant sleep-deprivation on the part of its Commander, and to resulting errors in cognition and judgment. However, the underlying cause of the fatigue was likely due to the fact that the Commander did not have a Second-In-Command on board to take over duties while the Commander was allowed to rest. At that time the Second-In-Command was a formally designated position, and according to Nobiles previous writings was considered to be a necessary crew member on an airship. Other/Unknown Material North Pole NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Nobile ENVELOPE(-61.433,-61.433,-64.550,-64.550) North Pole
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Bendrick, Gregg A.
General Nobile and the Airship Italia: No Second-In-Command
topic_facet Aerospace Medicine
description The airship Italia, commanded by General Umberto Nobile, crashed during its return flight from the North Pole in 1928. Prior work has demonstrated the possibility that this crash was fatigue-related, due to significant sleep-deprivation on the part of its Commander, and to resulting errors in cognition and judgment. However, the underlying cause of the fatigue was likely due to the fact that the Commander did not have a Second-In-Command on board to take over duties while the Commander was allowed to rest. At that time the Second-In-Command was a formally designated position, and according to Nobiles previous writings was considered to be a necessary crew member on an airship.
format Other/Unknown Material
author Bendrick, Gregg A.
author_facet Bendrick, Gregg A.
author_sort Bendrick, Gregg A.
title General Nobile and the Airship Italia: No Second-In-Command
title_short General Nobile and the Airship Italia: No Second-In-Command
title_full General Nobile and the Airship Italia: No Second-In-Command
title_fullStr General Nobile and the Airship Italia: No Second-In-Command
title_full_unstemmed General Nobile and the Airship Italia: No Second-In-Command
title_sort general nobile and the airship italia: no second-in-command
publishDate 2017
url http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20170004488
op_coverage Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available
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North Pole
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North Pole
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op_source CASI
op_relation Document ID: 20170004488
http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20170004488
op_rights No Copyright
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