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Investigators Suspect Computers Doomed Air France Jet
DesScorp writes "Investigators working with the wreckage of Air France flight 447 believe the aircraft suffered cascading system failures with the on-board computers, eliminating the automation the aircraft needed to stay aloft. 'Relying on backup instruments, the Air France pilots apparently struggled to restart flight-management computers even as their plane may have begun breaking up from excessive speed,' reports the Wall Street Journal. Computer malfunctions may not be an isolated incident on the Airbus A330, as the NTSB is now investigating two other flights 'in which airspeed and altitude indications in the cockpits of Airbus A330 aircraft may have malfunctioned.'"
"what do you do when the computer does not believe there is a fault condition. "
Simple... switch the computer off!
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2KygSyVE58
No sig today...
Unless you are a pilot or work for Air France I suggest you have no knowledge and should refrain from speculation. Ooops, too late, wankers ahoy.
Anybody who talks utter shit on this thread can not expect unquestioning belief, or even basic respect, on any other thread ever, GOT IT ?
No, not even respect - if you show none, don't expect any yourself.