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Old 11th Sep 2003, 23:44
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...(Raw Data) Even if it were, the chances of it being accepted quickly by the travelling public are remote. There is no precedent for fully automated flight; the few other forms of transport that are "driverless" (such as elevators, some trains, airport shuttles etc) are also failsafe- the brakes come on and you stop. An aircraft can never be failsafe.
Actually, even elevators aren't fail-safe.

Read here

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The hospital's elevators have four separate safety systems built in. All four had to fail at the same time for the accident to happen, officials said.
And you think people would fly on an automated airplane? Ha!
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