And...when an ATC operator goes equally nuts, or the facility is overrun by terrorists, or the uplink gets hacked, then we have exactly the same situation except the person killing everyone on board isn’t actually on the plane.
Face it, people, there is no ultimate solution to the problem of evil people deciding to kill a lot of other people. You can’t eradicate moral depravity by implementing more technology.
shouldn’t the family of that passenger inherit the copyright on the video?
And he could potentially crash dozens of planes.
Thank you. Good post.
Protocols can certainly be developed that would minimize the chances of a ground crew hijacking an aircraft remotely. For instance, make sure at least two completely random separate control centers agree on the takeover simultaneously.
Nothing in our lives is certain, but we base our actions on realities, not absolute certainties. The technology exists to greatly reduce these kinds of tragedies. I say we use it to its greatest potential without losing focus on the human element as well.