There have been a number of incidents and a few accidents
that were caused by or in which language was a factor. The
747s that collided on the runway at Tenerife was one of
those accidents. NASA safety reports cite many language
problems http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Ramapriya" wrote in message
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| Have anyone of you had a problem with the accents of
various ATC chaps
| around the world? The German guy in our office always has
a problem
| picking up words I (an Indian) pronounce, and I can't
fault him for
| that, because most Europeans can't figure Indians'
pronounciation.
|
| But I guess this problem is with a few Spaniards and
Italians too, the
| way they speak English, with accentuated guttural sounds
and all that.
|
| Is this a trivial problem, considering the standard
phraseology in use
| in ATC communications, or can it lead to something worse?
|
| Ramapriya
|