Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Bad Design can kill

Bad design and weak communication can have profound consequences. Shows the situational awareness needed for a job designing more impactful products.

http://www.super70s.com/super70s/tech/aviation/disasters/77-03-27%28Tenerife%29.asp

(if only the exiting gate was not at that angle, i wonder if the designer of the runway had misgivings)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster


1 comment:

  1. And perhaps all gates/lanes should be denoted by three digits like "Gate 371" or "Gate A71". Not sure if there any other languages out there if pronounced a 3 digit code takes more robotic energy than "ramp 3" confused with "the third ramp"

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