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The big difference between cars and planes is that a near universal failsafe in a car is to slam on the brakes. Car stops. Simple and relatively foolproof. There is no such avenue available to a plane in flight.

If you still think it's possible take some time to learn of all the novel failure modes that have occured over the past few decades in commercial aviation. Pay special attention to the ones requiring crew to override onboard computers.



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