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Old 16th Jul 2002, 19:59
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Lu Zuckerman

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Question 10-9?

Unless they have four separate and independent electrical systems with inter lane-switching capability they will never reach 10-9 mean time between catastrophic failure. If they did have these systems they could reach 10-9 but only on paper.

It should be noted that all commercial aircraft have a system catastrophic failure rate of 10-9 and not one has ever achieved that goal although they were certified based on paper calculations showing the attainment of that goal.




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