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...could KAL Flight 007 stray so far off its proper course? The Boeing 747 was equipped with three Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), designed to keep the jet on its scheduled flight path and to back one another up in case of malfunctions. Their performance record is excellent: a new study shows that only about one flight in 10,000 strays 50 or more miles off course. In 90% of the cases, the deviation is attributed to pilot error. The INS computers are programmed by the crew at the start of the flight. The computers are fed the plane...
...somewhere along the way, the ACSR began to stray from this original task of making recommendations on proxy votes on a case-by-case basis. Discussing specific examples has logically drawn the ACSR into attempts to form broader policy statements that would help set out consistent ground rules the University would use to guide its votes. In large part, these guidelines represent the ACSR's attempt to keep its recommendations consistent from year to year...
...then did the airliner stray so far off course? That remains a major mystery. The inertial-guidance systems have to be programmed by the crew before takeoff and after various checkpoints along the route are passed. Human error in programming, followed by inattention to course while flying on automatic pilot, is a conceivable possibility. The full explanation almost surely will never be known...
...Marines were the victims of the worst outbreak of factional fighting since the Israeli invasion last summer. Although there could be no doubt that Druze and Shi'ite militiamen in the hills and shantytowns near the airport had deliberately targeted the U.S. troops, stray rounds also made their way into the compound. Uneasy about the security of the Marine contingent in Lebanon, the U.S. last week ordered an additional 2,000 Marines from East Africa to the eastern Mediterranean, making them available for service in Lebanon if they should be needed...
...somewhere along the way, the ACSR began to stray from this original task of making recommendations on proxy votes on a case-by-case basis. Discussing specific examples has logically drawn the ACSR into attempts to form broader policy statements that would help set out consistent ground rules the University would use to guide its votes. In large part, these guidelines represent the ACSR's attempt to keep its recommendations consistent from year to year...