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Children of the Magenta (Automation Paradox, pt. 1)
99% Invisible
The Rise of the Fly by Wire System
In the 1970s, flight engineers lost their necessity and their jobs. A French company called Airbus thought that they could make planes safer by letting automation carry an even bigger part of the burden of flying. Bernard Zeigler's plane not only had autopilot, it also had what's called a fly by wire system.
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