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Boeing crashes and Uber collision show passenger safety relies on corporate promises, not regulators' tests

  • Written by Adam Gabriele, Ph.D. Student in Sustainability, Arizona State University
Automation can often get ahead of safety regulators' efforts.Tarikdiz/Shutterstock.com

Advanced technologies deliver benefits every day. But, sometimes interactions with technology can go awry and lead to disaster.

On March 10, the pilots aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 were unable to correct a failure in one of the Boeing 737 Max 8’s...

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