"Perhaps not, says Bryant Walker Smith, a lawyer who researches risk and technology at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, but airlines might be prepared to accept the risk of such freak accidents. "If automation eventually succeeds in reducing the number and severity of crashes and injuries, then even if manufacturers are liable in a greater share of crashes, their actual [risk] exposure might not be higher," he says."
- Date Published:09/22/2014
- Original Publication:Sydney Morning Herald