Airbus' self-flying plane just completed successful taxi, take-off, and landing tests

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Airbus just completed its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off, and Landing project that saw one of its jets perform normally pilot-flown maneuvers entirely on its own.

The A350-1000 XWB acted as the testbed for the project in its role as Airbus' flagship, with onboard cameras assisting the new technology.

The project's successful completion opens the door for fully autonomous flights as autopilot already handles most of the functions while airborne.

The common belief with airplanes is that they fly themselves after take-off thanks to autopilot, and pilots can sit back and relax for most of the flight. But Airbus just took that idea to the next level after proving a passenger jet can perform complex maneuvers without any pilot input.

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[global1]

1. Can It Be Directed To Fly Into Buildings?.....

How long ago did they begin testing this technology? (sarcasm)

[NCDem47]

2. No.

Just. No.

[smirkymonkey]

7. My response exactly.

[Dream Girl]

3. I may pass on this one.

[Thekaspervote]

4. When I start traveling again, I will never be on a self guided plane...never

Imagine a self guided plane knowing what to do like Sully Sullenburger landing in the river. Those people would have all died

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Uh, passenger plane ? Don't think so. Cargo plane, maybe.

I hate to see fatal crashes of planes carrying mass-produced cheap shit from one spot on the globe to another.

[customerserviceguy]

9. An out of control falling cargo plane

has to land somewhere. There might be people in a building it crashes into. Nope, let's get self-driving vehicles perfected in two dimensions of travel before we really trust something that can go anywhere in the atmosphere.

[Flaleftist]

6. pass

[HipChick]

8. A ton of pilots out of work right now..

my BIL being one of them....

[elias7]

10. Let's just automate everything so people can live 100 years and do nothing.

[NurseJackie]

11. Hmmm... let me think about this for a second.

No.

[mitch96]

12. So it's a drone with out a pilot? I'm curious if it can be taken over by a land based pilot if there

is a "woops"?
m

[Iggo]

13. No, thank you.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. Nope. nt

[2naSalit]

15. Nope...

[DFW]

16. Amazing! Fantastic!

All the same , don‘t ever expect to see me flying in one of those things.