A matter of acceptable risk
- Date
1967
- Summary
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Illustrates aircraft control in the crowded air lanes between New York and London. Explains the development of mathematical formulas to evaluate the present risk of collision between aircraft and the anticipated risk if the distance between air lanes is narrowed. Shows a ship collecting data on the position of all aircraft flying the Atlantic and two mathematicians explaining the probability of collision and its calculation.
- Contributors
Bert Shapiro; Eliot Tozer; David Prowitt; Cyd Bregman; Richard Key; Ian Wilson; Donald Feldstein
- Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
- Genre
Educational
- Subject
Air traffic control
- Collection
National Educational Television
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.