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Old 17th June 2009 | 05:14
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Fargoo
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I'm new to this forum, so hello to all gentlemen.
Some tiny details in the ACARS message list presented by Air France suggest that at least part of it may have been manually edited, a process prone to human error. Looking closely at it, I found a discrepancy between the warning labelled "NAV TCAS FAULT" and the associated JASC code. This code, 3443, stands for NAV/DOPPLER SYSTEM in the JASC classification. However, the a/c was not Doppler equipped. TCAS should be coded 3445.
All other codes appear correctly related to their labels.
Whatever explains this discrepancy, including a possible use of a slightly different classification by Airbus, I believe it should be considered doubtful that a TCAS FAULT warning ever happened.
Just to clarify, in the Airbus manual Chapter 34-43 is indeed TCAS.
Not heard of the phrase JASC before but there is little evidence that the ACARS messages have been manually edited.
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