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Old 08-25-2014, 05:31 PM
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JamesNoBrakes
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Originally Posted by mike734 View Post
Would a pilotless airliner have been able to land on The Hudson? I doubt the programming would have searched for, and found the only flat place to dead stick that jet.
That sounds like something that computer would be well suited for, finding the flattest terrain in a certain radius instantly and instantly computing whether it can make it. Thanks for the insight.
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