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10th Feb 2021, 08:55

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Originally Posted by SteinarN

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Problems with the AT in the days before the accident.

And the problems were "fixed" by cleaning the contacts. This is reminiscent of the "fixes" done to the Inertial Reference Systems before the AdamAir accident in 2007. From the Final Report (ASN link):

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The actions to rectify the defects were mainly re-racking, contact cleaning, and relay replacement. See section 1.18.10 for further information.

Didn't work then, and probably didn't work now.

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