CaptLakeEffect t1_j2la30r wrote on January 2, 2023 at 4:00 AM

Reply to comment by Forthac in Researchers have discovered a new situation from the everyday environment where our crucial ability to perceive what is truly vertical is compromised: when our body pitches (body pitch) and moves at the same time (body motion) by giuliomagnifico

Yep, those illusions have killed a lot of pilots driving the plane down into the ground thinking they were about to stall or vice versa. Move your head quickly after rotating on a 0/0 takeoff and take your eyes off the gauges and you’ll bet your life on the wrong direction of travel of where the plane is going.

PresentationJumpy101 t1_j2qfkft wrote on January 3, 2023 at 5:25 AM

Amazon prime 767 crash excellent example, on video too.

The approach was stable but the FO sensed a stall and pushed the nose down into the Everglades