Aircraft-Assisted Pilot Suicides: Lessons to be Learned.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine Pub Date : 2014-08-01 DOI:10.3357/ASEM.4000.2014

Alpo Vuorio, Tanja Laukkala, Pooshan Navathe, Bruce Budowle, Anne Eyre, Antti Sajantila

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Aircraft assisted suicides were studied in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Finland during 1956-2012 by means of literature search and accident case analysis. According to our study the frequency varied slightly between the studies. Overall, the new estimate of aircraft assisted suicides in the United States in a 20-yr period (1993-2012) is 0.33% (95% CI 0.21-0.49) (24/7244). In the detailed accident case analysis, it was found that in five out of the eight cases from the United States, someone knew of prior suicidal ideation before the aircraft assisted fatality. The caveats of standard medico-legal autopsy and accident investigation methods in investigation of suspected aircraft assisted suicides are discussed. It is suggested that a psychological autopsy should be performed in all such cases. Also the social context and possibilities of the prevention of aviation-related suicides were analyzed. In addition, some recent aircraft assisted suicides carried out using commercial aircraft during scheduled services and causing many casualties are discussed.

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飞机辅助飞行员自杀:需要吸取的教训。

采用文献检索和事故案例分析的方法，对1956-2012年美国、英国、德国和芬兰的飞机协助自杀行为进行了研究。根据我们的研究，这些研究之间的频率略有不同。总体而言，美国在20年期间(1993-2012)飞机辅助自杀的新估计为0.33% (95% CI 0.21-0.49)(24/7244)。在详细的事故案例分析中发现，在美国的8个案例中，有5个案例中，有人在飞机协助死亡之前就知道自己有自杀念头。讨论了在疑似飞机协助自杀案件的调查中，标准法医尸检和事故调查方法的注意事项。建议对所有此类病例进行心理解剖。并分析了预防航空相关自杀的社会背景和可能性。此外，还讨论了近年来使用商用飞机在定期服务期间实施的一些飞机辅助自杀事件，并造成了许多人员伤亡。

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