article_snippet.sent: Klaus-Dieter Scheurle, head of the Deutsche Flugsicherung authority, urged aviation industry to develop the system which could help prevent a repeat of the Germanwings crash last month.
article_snippet.sent: Klaus-Dieter Scheurle (above), head of the Deutsche Flugsicherung authority, urged aviation industry to develop the system which could help prevent a repeat of the Germanwings crash last month .
article_snippet.sent: ‘Such an event might cause us to reconsider systems which would allow the control of aircraft to be taken over by personnel on the ground in emergency situations.
article_snippet.sent: Pilots associations are sceptical of the plans, with German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit saying the idea of remote control from the ground could be open to abuse.
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman said: ‘We also have to ask whether such a solution would really be an improvement.
article_snippet.sent: After all, it's the pilots who are sitting in German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit and the pilots who are sitting in the cockpit're the ones with all the information.
article_snippet.sent: The British Airline Pilots' Association also urged caution.
article_snippet.sent: We must act with careful consideration to ensure new safety risks or concerns are not created, such as those raised by the vulnerability of any form of remote control of a passenger aircraft,’ a spokesman said.
article_snippet.sent: Since the Germanwings crash, European airlines have implemented a rule that two people must be in German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit at all times and Germany has set up a task force with the aviation industry to consider changes to medical and psychological tests for pilots.
highlights_snippet.sent: Deutsche Flugsicherung urges aviation industry to develop safety system .
  