IE 380, The Responsible Engineer

Flight Deck Automation As a
Social Experiment

Aircraft and Flight Decks

Douglas DC-3 (1936–1942, 1950)

• airplane
• cockpit

Airbus A300B2 (1973–2005[?])

• airplane
• cockpit
  

Airbus A330 (1992–present)

• airplane
• cockpit

Advanced Technology Aircraft Accidents

China Airlines Airbus Industrie A300B4-622R, B1816, Nagoya Airport, April 26, 1994

• aircraft
• summary (see #9)

Controlled Flight Into Terrain, American Airlines Flight 965, Boeing 757-223, N651AA, Near Cali, Colombia, December 20, 1995

• aircraft
• summary (see #1)

Air France Flight AF447, Airbus A330-203, Rio de Janeiro - Paris, 1 June 2009

• CBS News Report
• French Accident Report
• Langewiesche Vanity Fair article: "The Human Factor"

Flight Deck Automation Issues

• website
• accidents
• issues

Aircraft images from http://www.airliners.net/

Page updated 12 February 2018.