Editing Crew resource management (section)

=== Air France 447 ===

One analysis blames failure to follow proper CRM procedures as being a contributing factor that led to the 2009 fatal crash into the Atlantic Ocean of [[Air France Flight 447]] from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. The final report concluded the aircraft crashed after temporary inconsistencies between the airspeed measurements—likely due to the aircraft's [[pitot tube]]s being obstructed by ice crystals—caused the [[autopilot]] to disconnect, after which the crew reacted incorrectly, causing the aircraft to enter an aerodynamic stall from which it did not recover.<ref name=popmech>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/crashes/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877|title=What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447|first=Jeff|last=Wise|date=June 1, 2020|website=Popular Mechanics}}</ref>

Following recovery of the black box two years later, independent analyses were published before and after the official report was issued by the [[Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety|BEA]], France's air safety board. One was a French report in the book "Erreurs de Pilotage" written by Jean-Pierre Otelli,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/af447-pas-de-diffamation-pour-erreurs-de-pilotage-15-02-2012-1431836_23.php|title=AF447, pas de diffamation pour|first=Thierry|last=Vigoureux|date=February 15, 2012|website=Le Point}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/gulliver/2011/10/14/a-controversial-look-at-the-crash-of-flight-447|title=A controversial look at the crash of flight 447|newspaper=The Economist|date=14 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8825264/Final-words-of-Air-France-passenger-jet-emerge-whats-happening.html|title=Final words of Air France passenger jet emerge: 'what's happening?'|first=Peter|last=Allen|date=October 13, 2011|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/world/europe/when-disaster-threatens-instinct-can-be-a-pilots-enemy.html|title=When Disaster Threatens, Instinct Can Be a Pilot's Enemy|first=Nicola|last=Clark|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 20, 2011}}</ref> which leaked the final minutes of recorded cockpit conversation. According to ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'', which examined the cockpit conversation just before the crash:
 
<blockquote>The men are utterly failing to engage in an important process known as crew resource management, or CRM. They are failing, essentially, to cooperate. It is not clear to either one of them who is responsible for what, and who is doing what.<ref name=popmech /></blockquote>