Airbus uses cognitive computing to prevent plane crashes

Airbus Group is using machine learning and data analytics to help guide pilots through catastrophic emergencies. In a speech at the Connect Expo in Melbourne, Airbus Group head of data driven technologies Ronny Fehling said the business was working on ways to reduce the information overload pilots face during a crisis. "Right now if there's something bad happening, every light goes on in the cockpit, and that's not what we want. We want to reduce the amount of information and false positives," Fehling said. "If the engines are burning, we need it to say'focus on this right now, and all the rest will be handled by the system'. We want to give [pilots] the right tools and information so they can make the right decision to save lives."