[HN Gopher] The Reliability Trap: The crash of Emirates flight 521
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       The Reliability Trap: The crash of Emirates flight 521
        
       Author : byhemechi
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2022-12-23 20:08 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (admiralcloudberg.medium.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (admiralcloudberg.medium.com)
        
       | dmitrygr wrote:
       | There are many accidents in aviation that show that 99% reliable
       | automation kills. It is just reliable enough that you don't
       | expect it to fail, and you are not ready to handle if it does.
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       | This is why self driving cars of today, that claim that humans
       | should take over in case of failure are nonsense. We have a huge
       | body of knowledge showing that when faced with a system that
       | almost always works, humans suck at overseeing it and taking over
       | when needed.
        
       | sokoloff wrote:
       | Folks interested in this topic might also enjoy the AA Training
       | Video "Children of the Magenta Line":
       | https://youtu.be/5ESJH1NLMLs
       | 
       | Covers advice on when to go from maximum automation towards more
       | manual control of the aircraft when the cockpit gets busy.
        
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