Sunday, November 29, 2015

Database error involved in airplane crash

Aviation Week discusses in a recent editorial this report on the crash of a Turkish airlilner.  Pilot error, namely continuing below minimums, was given as the primary cause.  But a database error gave a wrong position for the runway threshold.  The airplane landed to the left of the runway centerline.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Monday, November 16, 2015