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Old 22nd Mar 2019, 13:59
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As we know, a similar clash between computers and pilots on an A320 ( XL888T) caused a crash but everybody seems to accuse Boeing of inventing this kind of scenario
. The Perpignan accident was brought about by testing to the stall an aircraft which had been standing long term at end of lease, and then had major maintenance work done - at 2,000 feet. And the AOA detectors being tested did not work. Quite why they were practicing a stall at a height you wouldn't even attempt in a Cessna on a PPL skill test is not apparent. It's like the Habsheim incident, playing about at a ludicrously low altitude. Let's call it an Andy Hill moment. Except that for these ones they then tried to stick it on the automation.
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