USA Today reports:
However, as realistic as they may seem, simulators are only as good as the data used to program them. Current simulators aren’t accurate when a plane goes out of control, which has prevented their use in training for the leading killer in commercial aviation.
The computing power necessary to simulate that kind of turbulence is more readily available than ever. There’s no excuse for training programs to not to develop more realistic simulators, especially if it could reduce accidents by half.