Using AirAsia Flight 8501’s mistakes to prevent crashes

Name: Using AirAsia Flight 8501’s mistakes to prevent crashes
Uploaded: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: P220S

Clip: 01/29/2015 | 3m 40s

The black box from AirAsia Flight 8501 provided some answers about what caused the crash, but also opened up questions about automation and why mistakes from past accidents haven’t been corrected. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Gwen Ifill to discuss eerie similarities between AirAsia’s flight and past crashes and why the still-missing Malaysia Airlines flight was declared an accident.

Aired: 01/29/15

Expired: 02/28/15

Rating: NR

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