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Emergency Measures - Airlines .. Computers work

Emergency Measures

The computer system is responsible for taking the necessary measures in emergency situations, serious ones, such as a plane crash, and minor ones, such as discovering a malfunction in the plane shortly before its flight time. In the first case, the operating programs must be modified as necessary, and in the second case, passengers and urgent cargo must be transported in another way, such as scheduled flights with other airlines, or renting a plane for a certain period, or using an additional plane from the company's planes.

In the first case, the operations controller informs the computer of the affected flight and the nature of the accident and requests what additional aircraft or crew it may need.

The computer examines the relevant records to decide whether this request can be met without disrupting other flights. If this is not possible, the computer informs the controller and requests guidance from him about the priorities, which is more important, resuming the affected flight quickly or continuing the other flights on schedule. If the controller requests the preparation of a new operating program that allows for the modification of other flights, the computer tries several possibilities and then chooses the one that causes the least inconvenience to the passengers.

In the second case, if it is desired to use the flights or planes of another company, the answer comes quickly if the computer systems of the airlines are linked to each other. The computer then inquires about the reservation status for the appropriate flights of the other airlines directly from their computers and informs the controller of the results of these inquiries and requests the necessary reservation and confirms it.