How The New York Times Verified the Iran Missile-Strike Footage

Re:How The New York Times Verified the Iran Missile-Strike F... by SiempreViernes on Thursday January 16, 2020 @08:08AM (#22064109)

In 2006 two air planes collided (almost) head-on over the Amazonas, by virtue of the impressive accuracy autopilots can maintain. Flying things move too fast for you to have much chance to notice anything after they've become close enough to see.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gol_Transportes_Aéreos_Flight_...

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Re:How The New York Times Verified the Iran Missile-Strike F... by KuiN on Thursday January 16, 2020 @08:35AM (#22064345)

William Langewiesche has an excellent article on Gol 1907: 'The Devil at 37,000ft'.

Goes into a bit more depth on your point. Our expectation is that increasing use of tech in planes should make us safer, but in this case it _increased_ the chance of a mid-air collision. Of course planes have TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) to stop this happening, but it's no magic bullet ... particularly when it's turned off.

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/01/air_crash200901

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