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Computer Error Caused Qantas Jet Mishap
highways sends word that preliminary investigations into a Qantas Airbus A330 mishap where 51 passengers were injured has concluded that it was due to the Air Data Inertial Reference System feeding incorrect information into the flight control system — not interference from passenger electronics, as Qantas had initially claimed. Quoting from the ABC report: "Authorities have blamed a faulty onboard computer system for last week's mid-flight incident on a Qantas flight to Perth. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said incorrect information from the faulty computer triggered a series of alarms and then prompted the Airbus A330's flight control computers to put the jet into a 197-meter nosedive ... The plane was cruising at 37,000 feet when a fault in the air data inertial reference system caused the autopilot to disconnect. But even with the autopilot off, the plane's flight control computers still command key controls in order to protect the jet from dangerous conditions, such as stalling, the ATSB said."
...tried turning it off and then on again.
SOOOOO.... you are saying the inertial dampeners were offline?
Obama is a twitter sock puppet
a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 en-route to Kuala Lumpur from Perth experienced similar problems.
And the Qantas flight was also going to Perth? I blame all the iron ore thats still in the ground around Perth!
I was thinking the same, "that will teach them to buckle up".
I do feel bad for those buckled in who got hit by the assholes flying through the cabin though. Also for the poor smuck on the toilet.
As we all know, Qantas never crashed. Def-definitely never crashed.
The real reason:
"It looks like you are trying to fly a commercial airliner. Would you like me to:
a) Make an announcement to passengers
b) Call the stewardess for some more coffee
c) Compensate for the incredibly high angle of attack"
I hate printers.
Also for the poor smuck on the toilet.
He must have been shitting himself...
"And then I visited Wikipedia
Boeing a/c do have a lot of computer controls, but they can all be easily overwritten by the CO/FO flying the a/c.
That actually sounds worse, but you probably meant overridden.
No, the GP is correct and the process is called "flash and burn" :-)
She made the willows dance
Ooh, so close. That was almost a sentence. Better luck next time!
a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 en-route to Kuala Lumpur from Perth experienced similar problems.
And the Qantas flight was also going to Perth? I blame all the iron ore thats still in the ground around Perth!
Obviously the government should take all possible action to have it dug up and removed from the country as fast as possible. Won't somebody think of the children?
Chuck Norris kann schneller stehen als du rennen kannst.
Not likely. How did it take off in the first place?
He must have been shitting himself...
New meaning to the term prairie doggin'
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I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that...
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Did you fit that magnetron inside the mouse or did you just bluetooth-enable your microwave?
RTFA. The computer was being fed random and wildly varying attitude inputs.
They should get Debian software.
I believe it's pronounced "KROY-kee"
One man's constant is another man's variable.
S)pin! spin! spin! All the way down!
Sounds like a status report from the McCain campaign.
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