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    Miscommunication Leading to Accidents of Vehicles on Ground
    (UMT, Lahore, 2019) Hammad Zahid , Zohaib Zulfiqa
    Miscommunication plays an important role in occurrence of incidents not only in air but on ground as well. According to the research not in aviation industry almost in all sectors most of the time carelessness factor involves due to which incident or accidents occurs and consequences are worse. Miscommunication in aviation remains a serious threat to safety. Factors such as pilot’s workload, quality of audio signal, accent of pilot or controller, English language proficiency of operator, and failure to use standard terminology are all thought to contribute to communication errors. Miscommunication is defined as a lack of understanding (or misunderstanding), non-understanding or misinterpretation of messages in communication. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factor which are becoming hurdles in safe operation on ground. Sometime ground staff is busy in different activities due to which the incident on ground may occur. The other factor which is also plays an important role in incident is the improper training of the ground staff, Like the staff member have very little knowledge regarding the usage of Tug-master and Ambo-lifter. The terminologies and phrases which are necessary on ground are also plays a vital role in minimization of accidents. These terminologies and phrases are based on international standards which should be followed by all ground handling operators. So, that there is a minimum chance of occurrence of incidents on apron or on taxiway. The proper maintenance of vehicles which are necessary on ground handling operation should be done by the operators so that any future mishap will not occur