![]() ![]() Turboprops and old cargo planes might fail, but the worst disasters were ascribed to deliberate acts - terrorist attacks, pilot suicide, Russian missiles – or, in the case of MH370, left unexplained.Įmerging details from Ethiopia may quickly show a specific cause that is completely unrelated to any issues at Lion Air or to the new 737. The aviation industry has boasted that it is safer than ever in recent years, and the International Air Transport Association reported no accidents involving a modern commercial passenger jet over several years this decade. Past crashes, however, and most famously the AirFrance flight 447 disaster in the south Atlantic, have shown that the sensors on which aircraft computer systems rely can malfunction, and that pilots who have grown to trust the technology can become rapidly bewildered when things go wrong. ![]() Boeing argued that if pilots followed existing procedures, there should be no danger. ![]()
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