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Old 18th Mar 2019, 00:48
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Originally Posted by deltafox44
In this Airbus crash 2 out of 3 AoA sensors were frozen. The stall was NOT caused by faulty flight computers but was the result of the pilots voluntarily trying to stall the aircraft to "check" the AoA protection (which could not save them since sensors were frozen). At 2000 ft this is kind of a roulette russe
not being pedantic, just that A320’s incorporate a conventional cane AOA sensor, not a static pressure comparator type system, the vane has no way to be blocked, it can jam...
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