Originally Posted by sensor_validation
Of concern, to me at least, is what happens if two sensors fail at the same time in the same way (yes incredibly unlikely - but same sensor design/ heating, same drain holes - same cloud
- same age - same corrosion - same maintenance)
Also incredibly unlikely that 2 AoA sensors would tell the same lie ... ? (See Perpignan)
Originally Posted by Machinbird
Probably not so unlikely as you indicate considering the likely abrupt transition to the inside of a rapidly growing Cb
But no need to be
inside. For the 13 events studied by the BEA, the crews reported not observing any significant radar echoes on the chosen flight path but to have identified active zones nearby or lower, which is also noted in a study by Météo France on these events undertaken at the request of the BEA.