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