Originally Posted by
NAROBS
SOTBO/layman speculation - Both crashes, same aircraft, same system fault, same type of sensor involved, same environment i.e. low level in the tropics. So, assuming that all national aviation and air operator rules and regs are complied with as regards operations, that's leaves 1. heat, 2. insects or 3. peculiar air pressure variation. I suspect that duplicating the sensors won't eliminate 1 & 2. The solution to 1 is design and or materials to produce more resilient sensor with a bigger envelope of operation and to 2. guards/filters and/or ramped-up servicing/cleaning regimes for same.
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edited... Ethiopia is actually more continental than a typical tropical country. Addis Ababa at 7700+ ft ASL actually has more elevation than even the mile-high city of Denver. Indonesia, on the other hand, where the Lion Air's PK-LQP crashed, is an archipelago, and literally there are more than 10,000 islands there- surrounded by two oceans- and a home for hundreds of active volcanoes.
They are two completely different "tropical countries".