Another plane that fell victim to low cloud and high mountains in the days before cockpit technology was able to better inform pilots.
We recently spent an afternoon with the 2016 Audi TT system to check out the future of the car company's virtual cockpit technology.
Referred to as the 747 Advanced prior to its launch, the 747-8 uses the same engine and cockpit technology as the 787, hence the use of the "8".
Still, the NTSB findings are likely to raise new safety expectations for the nascent commercial space industry, requiring some of the routine cockpit technology found in jetliners to prevent pilot error from causing a catastrophic accident.
In addition, Boeing has been trying for years to become the dominant player in an array of new businesses, including unpiloted aircraft, battlefield and cockpit communications, surveillance technology and precision-guided munitions.
Armed sky marshals, stronger cockpit doors and new technology for luggage searches are likely to be widely accepted.
And while the airlines and federal regulators still insist that in-flight cell phone use is a safety hazard that can interfere with complex cockpit communications and navigation technology, some experts and cell phone industry officials have been publicly arguing that the science supporting the ban is questionable.
It has everything Audi buyers expect: Quattro AWD, technology-first cockpit, and a familiar fit and finish.
Among the inquiries would be to re-investigate the tape of cockpit sound with new technology.
"As a consultant, I've sat in on airline fuel committee monthly meetings to discuss how we could reduce the weight on each aircraft in a fleet by a single pound," said Andrew Kemmetmueller, the chief executive of Allegiant Systems, a company that is marketing FlyDesk, a technology that replaces heavy cockpit flight manuals with paperless iPad-based technology.
