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German air controllers urge remote control of planes after crash
The German air traffic control authority has urged the aviation industry to develop technology that ground staff could use in an emergency to take remote command of a plane, which could help prevent a repeat of a Germanwings crash last month. Investigators believe that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked his captain out of the cockpit and deliberately crashed the Germanwings plane into a French mountainside on March 24, killing all 150 people onboard. "We have to think past today's… (uk.reuters.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
And what if a controller goes bonkers?
Then all the PAX and maybe a lot of people get Bonkered! so to speak...
Good point. I guess at least controllers are in a room full of other controllers (especially TRACON and ARTCC folks) so probably harder for one guy to go remote-kamikaze without alerting others.
Well yeah but what about the tower cab. Wherever this guy was Sunday and by himself instead of normally 4 when he brought that JAL in nearly on top of the mx buggy. You can't protect against everything.
If this is adopted it creates the opportunity to hijack an aircraft without having to be on board.
They must have some good stuff over there to smoke as its beyond reason as there have been many time controllers have screwed up causing plane crashes due to there directions to the pilot.
Several pax on MH370 had created that system.