Originally Posted by
Cool Guys
Could we have a similar situation to Air Asia 8501; ie inflight fault finding gone awry, a CB pulled at an inappropriate time?
Not entirely similar. The Captain on 8501 cycled the C/B for the FAC which is a big no no in flight. This will do a complete power down and power up of the computer which will, and did, lead to massive control surface displacement after the power was restored.