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Click looks at automation and its limitations, as we go for a spin in BAE Systems' new robotic plane which could reduce or even do away with pilots on civilian aircraft altogether.

Click looks at automation and its limitations, as we go for a spin in BAE Systems' new robotic plane, which could reduce or even do away with pilots on civilian aircraft altogether. We ask whether increasing automation is making transport safer or in eroding the skills of human pilots - more dangerous.

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Fri 30 Dec 201601:30GMT
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