Do Not Get on a Plane!
(stevekirsch.substack.com)
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planes today can fly themselves, and even land all by themselves, I'm not worried.
No they can't. That needs a huge infastructure of radar, comms equipment, and other items such as real time routing of air highways. Not to mention emergencies, emergencies can only be dealt with by humans as humans can think.
Source: 40 years aircraft servicing.
FYI, planes on final approach are flown by the pilot, not the auto landing system. If the pilot strokes out in those last moments, it means the plane goes into the ground. I would bet this is exactly what happened in Nepal.