Ungs T J
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Office of Health and Safety, Operational Medicine Division, Washington, DC.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1994 Oct;65(10 Pt 1):953-6.
Intentional aircraft crashes are a dramatic cause of death. The entire set of fatalities due to this cause of death in the United States has not been described. Mortality data from aircraft crashes determined as being due to suicide were obtained from National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) data sources. The NCHS reported that, between 1979 and 1989, ten persons committed suicide by aircraft crashes. Twenty aircraft crash fatalities were also reported during the period in which the intent of death could not be determined as either suicide, homicide, or accidental. White middle-aged males accounted for the majority of deaths. The NTSB reported, for the years 1979-89, that nine fatal aircraft accidents were suicide. All fatalities were male pilots operating small fixed wing aircraft. NTSB investigations identified evidence for important adverse psychologic factors in most pilots.
故意坠机是一种引人注目的死亡原因。在美国，尚未有人描述过因这一死因导致的所有死亡情况。从美国国家卫生统计中心（NCHS）和美国国家运输安全委员会（NTSB）的数据源中获取了被判定为自杀导致的坠机死亡数据。NCHS报告称，1979年至1989年间，有10人因坠机自杀。在这一期间还报告了20起坠机死亡事件，其死亡意图无法判定为自杀、他杀或意外。白人中年男性占死亡人数的大多数。NTSB报告称，在1979 - 1989年期间，有9起致命飞机事故是自杀。所有死亡人员均为驾驶小型固定翼飞机的男性飞行员。NTSB的调查在大多数飞行员中发现了重要不良心理因素的证据。
