Germanwings: How Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance Systems Could Save Lives

One question I have is whether such a system would still be capable of preventing these kinds of intentional CFIT incidents. For example, a pilot, aware of the particular system logic of the system, might be able to make the system "think" he's making a landing, but then at the last second drop the nose or something.

Such a system would also probably not stop a pilot from basically putting the plane into an intentional spin or stall. Basically, if a pilot wants to intentionally crash a plane, it seems like these kinds of systems would not really be that much of a barrier.

I didn't know there was such a thing. Wonder how much it cost?

Old news posted yesterday.

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Ground Collision—Potential Versus Reality

In the wake of the deliberate crash of a Germanwings Airbus A320 on March 24 into mountainous terrain in France, NASA acknowledges that an Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) developed initially for military use could be adapted to commercial aircraft, but cautions that such a transition remains some way off.

http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/ground-collision-potential-versus-reality