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- WORLD, Page 30World NotesINDIATrouble with High Tech
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- The Indian Airlines Airbus A320 had been in service for
- only seven weeks when it began the approach for its scheduled
- landing in Bangalore after a 90-minute flight from Bombay.
- Moments before it was to touch down, in perfect flying weather,
- something went wrong. Falling short of the runway by 4,000 ft.,
- the plane crash-landed on a golf course. The toll: 90 dead and
- 55 injured. A sole passenger escaped unhurt.
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- The crash raised questions about the technology on the
- A320, the world's only civil airliner equipped with a fully
- computerized flight-control system. The critical problem may be
- the lack of matching electronic support systems on the ground
- in India, as well as in scores of other Third World countries.
- The government ordered an inquiry to establish the cause of the
- crash. But whatever its findings, there is little prospect of
- immediate improvement, even after last week's disaster.
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