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Old 25th Mar 2015, 12:57
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The idea that a system can be created that could save an aircraft out of any thinkable emergency situation is a dream come true, to me that sounds like Artificial Intelligence that knows where it is, whats happening to it and also be able to adapt to it in order to save itself and not just rely upon pre-programmed commands.

I have no doubt that it will one day show up on the market, but I also think it'll take a very long time before we get there...

Autoland was developed and implemented in the 60's and aviation has still not perfected even that. I have had several unsuccessful autolands where we, the pilots, had to take over because the system could not cope with the sudden changes in environment such as downdrafts sudden change in crosswind etc.
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