Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fire truck on runway

Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by alistairSH on Monday March 23, 2026 @04:44PM (#47494848)

This.

Remember when all the Waymos were confused by a power outage? Now do that, but with airplanes that will fall thousands of feet and kill hundreds instead of park in the middle of the street.

I'm not saying we shouldn't automate things. We should. But, it's not easy. If it was, we would have done it already.

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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by tanseydavid on Monday March 23, 2026 @11:31PM (#47498320)

> Remember when all the Waymos were confused by a power outage?

I remember.

Do you remember (before Waymo existed) what happened to traffic in SF anytime the power went out?

I remember. It was pretty much the identical situation.

Traffic goes to hell when the traffic lights stop working properly (without Waymo and also with Waymo).

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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by alistairSH on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @08:43AM (#47501803)

I think you missed the point. But sure, traffic goes to crap when the lights go out.

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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by bluedel on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @09:50AM (#47502587)

I think the point they're making is that the failure mode of a waymo and automated air traffic control could look the same from an angle, but would have very different consequences.

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