Look mom, no hands! Airbus releases photos of automatic takeoffs
Airbus looks to have taken pilotless commercial jet flight one step closer after revealing that one of its test aircraft has taken off automatically.
Accompanying the press release was a photograph showing a pilot sitting with one hand at rest as the plane pitched up. The technology behind the takeoff is different from the Instrument Landing System currently used around the world, Airbus said in its press release Thursday. Instead, the company said the automatic takeoff was made possible by image recognition technology installed directly on the aircraft.
Two crashes involving the Boeing 737 Max in late 2018 and early last year have raised questions about automation in flight. However, Airbus appears determined to take it to the next level.
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