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color=#0000ff size=2>A chilling read! Another good source on this topic is Ben
Sandilands' blog on Crikey (crikey.com.au). Ben is a long standing aviation
reporter and has a series of articles discussing this and the Boeing Dreamliner
fiasco (high tech materials failures at the wing root - gulp). His set on the
Air France disaster discusses pilot and designer views on cabin
automation and makes for sobering reading.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Anderson, Stuart
L<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 3 August 2009 9:59 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Year 12 IT
Applications Teachers' Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps] Will
Increasing Automation Make Jets Less Safe?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><PRE><FONT face=Arial>A creepy article to lead into U4O2</FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Will Increasing Automation Make Jets Less Safe?</STRONG></FONT></PRE><PRE class=spAutorenzeile><FONT face=Arial>By Gerald Traufetter</FONT></PRE><PRE class=spIntrotext><FONT face=Arial>Computers on board aircraft have made flying safer, but when they encounter errors they can create turmoil. Engineers are pressing ahead with the automation of aircraft, but pilots warn that efforts to computerize jets are going too far and that diminished human control could create dangerous situations.</FONT></PRE><PRE class=spIntrotext><FONT face=Arial>Full article </FONT><A href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,639298,00.html"><FONT face=Arial>http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,639298,00.html</FONT></A></PRE><PRE class=spIntrotext> </PRE><PRE class=spIntrotext><FONT face=Arial>- Stuart Anderson</FONT></PRE><PRE class=spIntrotext><FONT face=Arial>Kambr!
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