Aircraft accident survivors as witnesses.
This is a study of the reliability of aircrash survivors as witnesses. Some of their statements are compared to known facts at the time of the crash, including the time of the accident and the weather conditions. Other facts are compared between the survivors, such as the mood of the passengers immediately post-crash. The KLM-Pan Am accident in the Canary Islands is used as the study accident. A suggestion for future use of survivors' statements is tendered.
D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013534:Survival