Computers may outrank air traffic controllers, reads the headline. The Japanese version of the NTSB is contemplating advising
the International Civil Aviation Organization that pilots should listen to the computerized Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System when orders from air traffic controllers conflict it. My emphasis:
An air traffic control trainee mistakenly ordered Flight 907 to descend. Although TCAS instructed the pilot to ascend, he followed the order of the controller, continued descending, and approached Flight 958.
