Installing a system that cannot be overridden from the cockpit is a risk if it can be used by malefactors.
Among the ideas that are getting close scrutiny are onboard flight-control systems that could be programmed to prevent planes from heading into restricted areas; remote control from the ground that could not be overridden from the cockpit; and a panic button, also impossible to override, that has the plane direct itself to land at the nearest suitable field.
He knew that the aft airstair could be lowered during flight a fact never disclosed to civilian flight crews, since there was no situation on a passenger flight that would make it necessary and that its operation, by a single switch in the rear of the cabin, could not be overridden from the cockpit.
reviewed the LMR and abstracted relevant information for 300 overrides from the date the alert was triggered.
Based on the Germanwings evidence so far, lack of override control from the ground is the greater threat.
Hawkins thinks so but notes, "All the intelligence in the world in the cockpit won't solve any problem if the pilot decides to turn it off". There will need to be aviation systems "designed for potential override from ground". What are we the most scared of, individual agency or systematic control?
The United States signed a treaty establishing a permanent international criminal tribunal, after President Clinton overrode objections from the Pentagon and defied Republicans in the Senate.
The United States signed a treaty today to establish a permanent international criminal tribunal, after President Clinton overrode objections from the Pentagon and defied Republicans in the Senate.
The London mayor overrode objections from the Labour-led local authorities of Camden and Islington and gave consent to the privatised Royal Mail's 681-unit revamp of its Mount Pleasant sorting office site, which is believed to be worth £1bn.
The Bush administration repeatedly overrode advice from the UK on how to oversee Iraq after the invasion, including the involvement of the United Nations, the timing of the invasion, the control of Iraqi oil money and the extent to which the UK was given a formal role in the reconstruction of the country, the Chilcot inquiry concludes.
