[Year 12 IT Apps] Will Increasing Automation Make Jets Less Safe?

[Anderson, Stuart L]

A creepy article to lead into U4O2
Will Increasing Automation Make Jets Less Safe?
By Gerald Traufetter
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.
Full article http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,639298,00.html <http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,639298,00.html> 
 
- Stuart Anderson
Kambrya College
 

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