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Old 10th Apr 2019, 01:23
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Originally Posted by xyze



Something I have never understood wrt this - is it possible for the a330 to be in the air with an airspeed of 60 knots or even 70 knots and NOT be stalled? If not then why inhibit the warning? Worrying about sensor accuracy seems to be missing the bigger picture wrt the purpose of the warning!
I guess you then run into the other failure situation, false stall warnings when a sensor is broken, possibly overloading the crew similar to the stick shaker here.

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