Comments on: Why Planes Crash and How Technology is Keeping Us Safe http://www.tripbase.com/blog/why-planes-crash-and-how-technology-is-keeping-us-safe/ Tripbase Travel Blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:05:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Katie http://www.tripbase.com/blog/why-planes-crash-and-how-technology-is-keeping-us-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Katie Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:02:05 +0000 http://www.tripbase.com/blog/?p=535#comment-452 Indeed, as Alan has pointed out in previous posts, it is the interface between man and machine that causes the problem, rather than the machines themselves... Indeed, as Alan has pointed out in previous posts, it is the interface between man and machine that causes the problem, rather than the machines themselves…

]]> By: Kim http://www.tripbase.com/blog/why-planes-crash-and-how-technology-is-keeping-us-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Kim Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:53:07 +0000 http://www.tripbase.com/blog/?p=535#comment-449 "Any operation involving the interface between men and machines will always have a measure of unpredictability" Not completely sure that you need machines for the measure of unpredictability... Machines do what they're told (programed) to do and I would hazard a guess that the majority of airline crashes have human error at the root (even if the initial problem was mechanical). “Any operation involving the interface between men and machines will always have a measure of unpredictability”

Not completely sure that you need machines for the measure of unpredictability… Machines do what they’re told (programed) to do and I would hazard a guess that the majority of airline crashes have human error at the root (even if the initial problem was mechanical).

]]> By: Robert http://www.tripbase.com/blog/why-planes-crash-and-how-technology-is-keeping-us-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Robert Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:05:03 +0000 http://www.tripbase.com/blog/?p=535#comment-429 Very topical. Interesting the point about runway accidents as this is probably the point in a flight when I am most relaxed! Very topical. Interesting the point about runway accidents as this is probably the point in a flight when I am most relaxed!

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