There are significant difficulties presented during the phases associated with take-off and landing . The maneuvering process to approach and landing combined only accounts for 17 % of the average flight time , but is responsible for 70.2 % of total aviation accidents . Statistics prove a significantly larger number of accident occurrences during the phases where pilots are in stressed and pressured situations . At these phases , pilot decision making can be critical . For example , the pilots of Asiana Airlines flight 214 were in a pressured and fatigued situation when they failed to overshoot after detecting a low approach path and high airspeed on the final approach
Asiana Airlines flight 214
Asiana Airlines Flight 214
Pilot decision making