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Flight 447 'Black Box' Decoded

Posted by timothy on from the impressive-feats-come-in-waves dept.

fermion writes "An initial report has been released by the BEA concerning the details of the last minutes of Flight 447 en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. According the report, the autopilot disengaged and stall warning engaged at 2 hours 10 minutes and 5 seconds into the flight. Less than 2 minutes later the recorded speeds became invalid. At 2 hours 14 minutes and 28 seconds, the recording stopped. The final vertical speed was recorded around 10,912 ft/min."

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  1. Airbus by religious+freak · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Airbus is run by software. Boeing by pilots. I don't trust either, but I trust the software less

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