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Left-side attitude indicator failed and pilot kept turning his head to cross-check the right-side (co-pilot position) attitude indicator, leading to spatial disorientation; [20] the crash killed Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan. [21] Jan 3, 2004: Red Sea, near Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, Egypt: Flash Airlines Flight 604
Left face: A mirror image of right face. About face: The right toe is brought back to behind the left heel; the body pivots on the right toe and left heel 180°. Half-left face: Exactly the same as a left face, but one turns only 45°. Half-right face: Exactly the same as a right face, but one turns only 45°. Commonwealth of Nations
The sensory disorientation of returning from a prolonged banking turn to wings-level flight can cause the pilot to re-enter the banking turn, as in the graveyard spin illusion. While the plane continues in the turn and begins to indicate a loss of altitude, the pilot will try to correct the loss of altitude by "pulling up" on the plane's controls.
When one looks at the left edge, one will see a faint blue spike going from the light to the right. [11] A phosphene is the perception of light without light actually entering the eye, for instance caused by pressure applied to the closed eyes.
When your right eye is twitching, it could be due to stress, fatigue or even dry eyes. Unless there's an underlying medical condition, eye twitches tend to come and go like the wind.
Visual acuity with eye chart at Near 15.7 inches (400 mm) and without (sc: Latin sine correctore) correctors (spectacles); Ncc is with (cc: Latin cum correctore) correctors. See Visual_acuity#Legal_definitions: VA OS Left visual acuity VA OD Right visual acuity VDU Visual display unit VF Visual field VPS Variable prism stereoscope WD
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A greyout may be experienced by aircraft pilots pulling high positive g-forces as when pulling up into a loop or a tight turn, which forces blood to the lower extremities of the body and lowers blood pressure in the brain. [2]