Originally Posted by
OldLurker
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… the aftermath of the
Delta 1141 crash in 1988 was such an incident. The pilots didn't set the flaps and slats for takeoff. The CVR revealed that …
The CVR identified a human weakness, the evidence of which was used for punishment.
The CVR did not identify the lack of configuration warning, which the crew may have habitually relied on.
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designed to alert the crew if the engines are throttled to take-off power without the flaps and slats being correctly set, failed to alert the pilots to their improper takeoff configuration. The switch that operated the TOWS in the incident aircraft had been previously modified, per Boeing instructions, to prevent nuisance activations during aircraft taxiing. A fleet-wide Boeing 727 inspection, … identified 35 anomalies in the TOWS out of 1,190 aircraft examined."
Whom held responsibility for the modification, manufacturer, operator, FAA; not identified by the CVR, … Read the full Wiki ref re legal precedent, etc; how might this play out for a video recording.
The distinction between safety and law is blurred, more so with video; "to err is human, to see it, convincing".
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The greater the power in recording enables similar great power in mistaken analysis and opportunity for inappropriate intervention, which could destabilise the current balance of safety activities, and never assures perfection in understanding others' point of view." # 103