TY - T1 - Aircraft-Assisted Pilot Suicides in the General Aviation Increased for One-Year Period after 11 September 2001 Attack in the United States SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/278418 T3 - A1 - Vuorio, Alpo; Laukkala, Tanja; Junttila, Ilkka; Bor, Robert; Budowle, Bruce; Pukkala, Eero; Navathe, Pooshan; Sajantila, Antti A2 - PB - Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - Pilot aircraft-assisted suicides (AAS) are rare, and there is limited understanding of copycat phenomenon among aviators. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible effect the 11 September 2001, terrorist attacks had on pilot AASs in the U.S. Fatal aviation accidents in the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) database were searched using the following search words: "suicide", "murder-suicide" and "homicide-suicide". The timeline between 11 September 1996, and 11 September 2004, w... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - September 11 terrorist attacks; pilot aircraft-assisted suicide; copycat effect; TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS; TERRORIST ATTACKS; RECOVERY WORKERS; MORTALITY; MEDIA; PREVENTION; DEPRESSION; HOMICIDE; DISASTER; RESCUE; 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health N1 - PP - ER -