India, Sept. 12 -- Two engineers have devised an AI-powered safety system to make planes 'crash-proof', which has sparked mixed reactions on social media. While some were impressed, others labelled it as downright bizarre.

The designers came up with a design for an AI-powered airbag-like shield for the aircraft, adding that they developed the idea in the wake of the horror Air India crash in Ahmedabad, which claimed 260 lives, including people on board the flight and on the ground after the plane crashed into a hostel mess. The project is called "REBIRTH", and the techies hope they will soon get to "test and approve" working models they plan to build.

The two engineers, Eshel Wasim and Dharsan Srinivasan, submitted "Project REBIRTH" to ...