PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - "Pilotless airliners safer" - London Times article
Old 2nd Dec 2014, 18:41
  #123 (permalink)  
Tourist
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Home
Posts: 3,399
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
AreOut

10 If both engines fail over city, try to land in river if runway not available.



That software didn't seem too difficult to write!
Next!

In all seriousness, and no disrespect to Sullenberger who is an awesome pilot who made the correct decision with the knowledge that he had at the time.

'Miracle on the Hudson' Gets Closer Study, Finds Capt. Sully Sullenberger Could Have Landed at LaGuardia Airport - WSJ

This shows that a computer might have had another option. It would not have to guess, it would know whether it had the reach to get to the runway.
Tourist is offline