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SCOUT· 30%34m·2023-03-31·HistoryThe Vigilante and the Air Traffic Controller
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 10
Air traffic controllers are meant to stop aircrafts from flying into one another... and if they fail, computer systems are installed to warn pilots of a coming collision. But sometimes these humans and computers give conflicting and confusing advice. Who to believe? When a cargo plane and a Russian airliner collided…
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