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Table: Causative Factors in Aircraft Accidents, Civil Aviation Malaysia

Man         :    76% cockpit crew (human factor)
 
 
Machine   :    11% technical reasons.
                     (including human failure during design, manufacturing maintenance)
 
 
Surrounding:   13 % environmental.
                      (mostly airports, ATC. But, not forgetting weather, terrain, navaids,
                      lack of support/information, cabin crew, human failures in support
                      service.
 
 
Source: Yahya Abd. Rahman
             Malaysian Bengkel (Workshop) on Accidents Prevention, 1990