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  1. Oloyathegreat20 January 2016 at 06:00

    yES; if and when it had become tested and duly certificated.

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    1. Travel & Business News20 January 2016 at 12:45

      Thanks for your comment. As a follow up however, what will be your thoughts in an event of an unlikely but probable event of a sudden malfunction of the computerized flight controls? Secondly, where do we draw the line on a possible hacking of the system? What are your thoughts? ....Have your say!!!

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