The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking advice from a panel of experts about new cockpit technology that could help prevent accidents and errors during landings, The Washington Post reports.
David H. Boulter, FAA's associate administrator for aviation safety, wrote a letter to the chairs of an advisory committee asking for recommendations on new technology to help pilots avoid miscommunications that could cause accidents.
"As we conduct this critical safety work, it is important to further consider how human factors also contribute to these events since alert technologies are only part of the solution to mitigating incursion and loss of separation," the letter reads.
It continues, "As we take a critical look at the U.S. aerospace system's structure and processes, we must also explore requiring new technologies that will get us closer to this goal."
The National Transportation Safety Board is currently investigating several close calls involving near-miss incidents over the past year.
"One serious close call is one too many, and we must act now and consider everything to get us closer to our goal," Boulter wrote.
"It is important to further consider how human factors also contribute to these events since alert technologies are only part of the solution," he added.
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