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9. Human factors

What is a latent failure?

  • A mistake that has already been made, but has not yet caused an accident.
  • Receiving poor instruction from a manager out of touch with maintenance.
  • A failure in a component that could not have been predicted or anticipated.

Explanation from PART66Online

A latent failure is a dormant weakness or error already present in the system, such as a flawed procedure or earlier mistake, that lies hidden until conditions allow it to combine with other factors and contribute to an accident. It contrasts with an active failure, whose effect is felt immediately, and is not an unpredictable component fault.

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Adrianstalin asked · 13 Nov 2013

Strongly disagree

Community Comments (2)

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MridulDev 15 Nov 2013
answer is correct, u don't need to get confused, try looking up for the meaning of word "latent" and then to absolve you disagreement, refer to CAP715 chapter -8 page 7, 1.6.2.

reference link for CAP 715 :

caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP715.PDF

ur welcome :)
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PART66Online 16 Nov 2013
Sure, answer is fully correct.

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