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

[Mark Kelly]

Thanks, Stuart.  An interesting read.

Maybe the new SD study design needs an outcome where kids write a Jumbo 
Jet flight control system in Visual Basic...

IF about_to_crash then
	rem Panic
	CALL do_something_quickly
END IF
CALL for_clean_underwear


Anderson, Stuart L wrote:
> 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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