Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?

Training Daze

Too many computers and not enough ‘hands-on’ flying mean most pilots would have fallen victim to the weather that brought down AirAsia 8501.

Published Jan. 4 2015 6:45AM EST

As searchers close in on what appears to be the main wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 the retrieval of the airplane’s flight data and cockpit voice recorders should soon follow.

Clive Irving

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Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?

Too many computers and not enough ‘hands-on’ flying mean most pilots would have fallen victim to the weather that brought down AirAsia 8501.

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Clive Irving