TooLong150 wrote:
To combat human error involved in air traffic control, Miro Jets Inc. has recently installed each of its DC-10 passenger planes with a special anti-collision device. The device alerts the DC-10, via a red light, when another plane is slightly more than three minutes away from a potential collision. Aviation experts at Miro Jet Inc. have determined that three minutes is ample time for a plane to divert its respective flight paths to avoid a collision. Therefore, if the red light on the anti-collision device is off, the DC-10 is more than three minutes flying time from any plane.
Which of the following, if true, most fundamentally calls into question the aviation analyst’s argument?
(A) Recently, a near collision in which both planes were less than 90 seconds flying distance from each other was averted only by the prompt actions of air traffic controllers.
(B) Some aviation experts warn that in certain cases three minutes may not provide sufficient time for aircrafts to maneuver without causing onboard injuries.
(C) The anti-collision device only signals planes of oncoming directions, not those planes that are flying in parallel.
(D) When two DC-10’s approach each other the red lights on each aircraft do not necessarily turn on simultaneously.
(E) The DC-10 is not the only aircraft model to have been installed with the anti-collision device.
Please explain why the OA directly weakens the conclusion.
Facts:
a. To combat human error involved in air traffic control, Miro Jets Inc. has recently installed each of its DC-10 passenger planes with a special anti-collision device.
b. The device alerts the DC-10, via a red light, when another plane is slightly more than three minutes away from a potential collision.
c. Aviation experts at Miro Jet Inc. have determined that three minutes is ample time for a plane to divert its respective flight paths to avoid a collision.
Conclusion -
Therefore, if the red light on the anti-collision device is off, the DC-10 is more than three minutes flying time from any plane.So, we should look out for an option that would tell us that 3-minutes is not sufficient time to prevent collision or which would undermine the basic definition of "collision".
Option analysis:
(A) Recently, a near collision in which both planes were less than 90 seconds flying distance from each other was averted only by the prompt actions of air traffic controllers.
It does not say whether 3-minutes is an ample time or not. (B) Some aviation experts warn that in certain cases three minutes may not provide sufficient time for aircrafts to maneuver without causing onboard injuries.
"Certain" cases - too broad.(C) The anti-collision device only signals planes of oncoming directions, not those planes that are flying in parallel.
Okay hold on(D) When two DC-10’s approach each other the red lights on each aircraft do not necessarily turn on simultaneously.
even if one turns on the collision can be averted. does not fit our weakening definition(E) The DC-10 is not the only aircraft model to have been installed with the anti-collision device.
It rather strengthens.