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Perhaps related crash[0] where the autopilot was disabled because it was listening to user input, in this case a child. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerof
by sorisos 7y ago
Perhaps related crash[0] where the autopilot was disabled because it was listening to user input, in this case a child.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593#Accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593#Accident
- dillonmckay 7y agoThat was interesting and horrific.
- CydeWeys 7y agoOooof. Well the real lesson there is that unqualified people (especially children) shouldn't be in the cockpit of an airliner at all. Autopilot can't be made smart enough to determine if the person operating the controls actually knows what they're doing, and thus to follow/ignore them as appropriate.
- Ntrails 7y agoI mean, pick your poison. Either the humans are more reliable or the computers are. Either way is subject to some level of fallibility.
- sean2 7y agoThe wikipedia article calls out that the compounding sequence of issues started when autopilot was silently disabled, so the human system was in control when the pilots did not intend it to be. I think the critical issue in both cases is that the wrong system was in control against the pilots wishes. So, the pilots can pick my poison based on their training and best judgement (and maybe not put their children in control?).
- brokenmachine 7y agoThat was because the pilots were not aware that the autopilot had been disabled. Pulling on the yoke 26 times, as hard as you possibly can, is a bit different.