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To: KeyLargo

Just a thought but with the technology available today, why wouldn’t it be possible for a ground crew to take command of an airplane behaving erratically? Obviously, there would have to be a well-defined protocol and numerous failsafes, but I would think such technology would prevent tragedies like the 9/11 attacks and this one.

Any aviation technologists out there well-informed enough to weigh in?


20 posted on 03/27/2015 3:26:04 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: IronJack

.Onstar anyone? Shouldn’t be too difficult


31 posted on 03/27/2015 5:45:17 PM PDT by Figment
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To: IronJack

It’s certainly possible. We’ve been able to fly planes remotely since WWII.

CC


36 posted on 03/28/2015 5:55:49 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
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