How Smart Engines, New Data Strips, And A $40 Billion GPS System Are Making Air Travel Safer

While the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues, here's a look at the latest technological innovations keeping the vast majority of flights safely on course.

The mysterious disappearance of Flight 370 has reignited public interest in airplane safety--and in the technology that keeps aluminum tubes safely flying through the skies at hundreds of miles per hour. As with many other things, there's a burgeoning cottage industry in aviation safety that even has its own trade shows (headline speaker: astronaut Chris Hadfield).

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