1. An automatic pilot device could have directed the hijacked planes to Manhattan, if the hijackers knew how to enter certain coordinates into the computerized flight management system.
2. And its computerized flight control system is far more sophisticated than on any previous spacecraft, and one of the first for any aircraft.
3. Many airlines in Europe and Asia have long analyzed computerized flight data to look for signs of problems or mistakes.
4. Moreover, Airbus pioneered computerized flight systems, enabling airlines to reduce crews from three or four to two or three on many flights.
5. Many of the delays have been due to the computerized flight control system.
6. The explosion, seconds after the new heavy rocket blasted off, was blamed by an ESA investigation on a failure of its computerized flight control and guidance system.