Sep 14, 2015
Now arriving: airport control towers with no humans inside
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Passengers landing at remote Ornskoldsvik Airport in northern Sweden might catch a glimpse of the control tower—likely unaware there is nobody inside.
The dozen commercial planes landing there each day are instead watched by cameras, guided in by controllers viewing the video at another airport 90 miles away.