Fatigue, inexperience, stress, and difficult shipboard conditions make mistakes predictable. Training improves young sailors but cannot eliminate human error, especially when junior personnel handle aviation fuel or systems whose misuse can endanger a submarine. A preserved radar installation shows one way to design around that risk. Dangerous controls sit behind removable panels, and a responsible NCO guards isolated equipment while technicians work aloft.
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Fatigue, training, and human factors aboard warships
Fatigue and inexperience can explain shipboard accidents that are sometimes blamed on sabotage, while careful equipment design can reduce the risk.