TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Operation makalu air crash: influence of cognitive and human factors on decision-making
JO  - Forensic sciences research
A1  - Dahal, Samarika
A1  - Chaudhary, Gopal Kumar
A1  - Agrawal, Nitin Kumar
SP  - 803
EP  - 807
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
N2  - Two onboard crew members lost their lives in the fatal Makalu Air Cessna Grand Caravan 208B domestic cargo flight crash on May 16, 2018. The Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) procedure comprises external examination, photography, DNA collection, fingerprint collection, postmortem examination, antemortem information collection from the family members, and reconciliation. The major challenge of this operation was dealing with cognitive bias. The antemortem dental information of one of the deceased was revealed to the forensic experts just before the postmortem examination. This influenced the testing strategies. There was a tendency to neglect the complete dental examination presuming the identification was established. Later, during a thorough examination, the forensic odontologist realised that the initial decision was erroneous. Furthermore, there are few experience-based resources available to resolve cognitive bias issues. The authors begin by summarising complicated operations in which they have been involved, followed by a discussion of the key sources of cognitive bias along with the solution to resolve these issues in DVI preparedness planning.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2096-1790
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2022.2095691
ID  - ref1
ER  -