Comair CRJ crash in Kentucky

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RAAS might have prevented this accident, but as yet it has not been extended to providing a solution with the warning like EGPWS – ‘Pull Up’.

RAAS would have provided a non-normal alert – ‘On Runway 26, 3500 available’. Such alerts require pilot interpretation, comprehension and action. This is probably no different to the mental task if reminded by the non flying pilot, but whereas both pilots can make the same mistake at the same time, correctly implemented technology should not.