Avionics
ACSS offers technology to halt runway accidents
The crash of Comair Flight 5191 in the early morning darkness of August 27 has given pause to the entire aviation community.

The crash of Comair Flight 5191 in the early morning darkness of August 27 has given pause to the entire aviation community. As investigators grapple with the question of how an experienced CRJ100 crew could blast down an unlit, 3,500-foot runway without looking at so much as their heading, safety experts are becoming convinced that technology might have broken the chain of events that led to the crash. If the pilots simply had a moving-map depiction of the airport, the outcome likely would have been far different, some say.