Itekhnoloji "yokubhabha ngokuzimeleyo" sele ilapha, kwaye imiqobo ekuphela kwenkqubela phambili ngabalawuli-kunye "noluntu oluhambahambayo," ngokuqondakalayo lulumkile ngeenqwelomoya ezingaqhutywayo, utshilo umenzi weenqwelomoya waseYurophu i-Airbus.
Ukusukela oko iinqwelomoya ezimbini zeBoeing 737 MAX 8 zehla kwisithuba seenyanga ezintandathu omnye komnye ngenxa yempazamo kwinkqubo yolawulo lokubhabha yenqwelomoya yenqwelomoya, yabulala wonke umntu owayekhwele, abakhweli benqwelomoya banesizathu esibambekayo sokoyika ukubeka ubomi babo ezandleni zeekhompyuter. . Iindaba zokuba i-Boeing ibizazi iingxaki ngenkqubo yayo ye-MCAS kwaye yapakisha isoftware “yokulungisa” njengesongezo sokukhupha imali eninzi kubathengi bayo yongeza kuphela ukungathembi inkampani. Kodwa kuthekani nge-Airbus, oyena mntu ukhuphisana naye?
Umthengisi oyintloko we-Airbus uChristian Scherer uvumile kudliwano-ndlebe kunye ne-AP ukuba i-boeing eyoyikisayo "yayiqaqambisa kwaye yagxininisa imfuneko yokhuseleko olupheleleyo, olungagungqiyo kweli shishini," kodwa uthi isicwangciso sokuthengisa senkampani yakhe asikatshintshi. I-Airbus igxile ekuqinisekiseni abalawuli kunye nabakhweli ukuba bamkele iinqwelomoya ezingenalo iinqwelo-moya inkampani esele izakha. “Ngobuchwephesha bobuchwephesha, asiboni mqobo,” watsho – ngumbandela nje “wokubona abantu abahambahambayo” kunye nokufumana ukuba abalawuli bahambe phambili.
Umqhubi wokugqibela osindileyo xa ebhabha iLion Air Boeing 737 MAX eye yehla ngo-Okthobha yakwazi ukuyigqitha ngesandla inkqubo yolawulo lwenqwelomoya engalunganga xa ikhuphe impumlo yenqwelomoya phantsi. Kodwa kuthekani ukuba bekungekho mqhubi wenqwelo-moya? Ngelixa i-Airbus ibona ukusebenza komqhubi omnye njengenyathelo eliphakathi, injongo yayo yokugqibela kukususa abantu kwi-equation ngokupheleleyo - oku kuthetha ukuba abakhweli abanakukhetha ngaphandle kokuthembela kwikhompyuter.
Abavelisi beenqwelomoya - kunye neenqwelomoya - njengeenqwelomoya ezingaqhutywayo ngenxa yesizathu esifanayo sokuba iBoeing ithande ukupakisha amanyathelo okhuseleko ebenokusindisa ubomi babakhweli njengezongezo - baya konga imali eninzi. Uphando olwenziwe yibhanki yaseSwitzerland i-UBS yafumanisa ukususa umqhubi wenqwelomoya kwi-equation kunokonga iinqwelo-moya ngaphezulu kwe-30 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngonyaka ngokulungisa iindlela zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kunye nokuphelisa imfuno yokuqeqesha kunye nokuhlawula abaqhubi beenqwelomoya - ulondolozo olunokuthi lugqithiselwe kubakhweli.
Kodwa isiqingatha sabaphenduli kwisaveyi ye-UBS ka-2017 eqhutyiweyo bebengayi kubhabha kwinqwelomoya engaqhutywayo, nokuba itikiti belingabizi kakhulu - kwaye oku bekuphambi kokuba iingozi zeBoeing zitshabalalise ukholo lwethu kwiikhompyuter ezikwibhodi. Iipesenti ezili-17 kuphela zabaphenduli kuphando bathi bazakuhamba ngenqwelomoya kungekho qela labasebenzi, nangona abantu abancinci banokuvuleleka kulo mbono.
Ii-cockpits ezimbini zomqhubi wenqwelomoya ziye zaba yinto eqhelekileyo kwi-aviation yorhwebo amashumi eminyaka, kwaye iinqwelomoya ezininzi zenze ukuseta isinyanzelo emva kwengozi ye-2015 apho umqhubi we-Germanwings wabhabha i-Airbus A320 entabeni. Ishishini kuthiwa lijongene nokunqongophala kwabaqhubi abaqeqeshiweyo, nangona kunjalo - i-Boeing ngo-2017 iqikelele ukuba abaqhubi be-637,000 baya kufuneka kwiminyaka eyi-20 ezayo, ngelixa i-200,000 kuphela iqeqeshwe ukususela ekuqaleni kwexesha lenqwelomoya.
Ubukhulu becala ukubhabha kweenqwelo-moya zale mihla sele kusenziwa ziinkqubo zekhompyutha neendlela ezahlukeneyo zokuziqhuba. Kodwa ukususa “impazamo yomntu” kwi-equation kunyanzela abakhweli ukuba bathembe kakhulu kwiinkqubo ezingathembekanga kakhulu. I-Ofisi ye-Accountability Government yase-US yalumkisa ngo-2015 ukuba iinqwelomoya zorhwebo zanamhlanje zinokuqweqwediswa ngumntu osemhlabeni, kwaye i-FBI yavuma kamva kulo nyaka ukuba yayinokwenzeka ukuba ibambe ulawulo lwenqwelomoya ngokugqekeza kwinkqubo yayo yokuzonwabisa kwinqwelomoya. Ekugqibeleni, kunokuhla kubakhweli abathembela kancinci - iikhompyuter, okanye abantu abazakhayo.
