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Re:Is It Possible to Build an "Unsinkable" Ship? by ars on Monday April 16, 2012 @03:30PM (#3848921)
> "Carefree" fly-by-wire preventing dangerous manoeuvering

Note that this caused the crash Air France Flight 447 because it trained the pilot to react incorrectly (too aggressively) in an emergency.

Re:Is It Possible to Build an "Unsinkable" Ship? by Tzunamitom on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @01:18AM (#3851268)
Yes, it also almost caused a crash on the Eurofighter because the display pilot knew he could operate at a more aggressive envelope than the system would let him. I'd still wager it has saved more situations than it has caused, and even if it hasn't - surely that just means the software has to get better?