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Old 9th Sep 2012, 18:13
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A brief "cold" in the probes put A/C + crew FUBAR

"Hey, Gums, your pitot system is FUBAR!"


Actually a temporarily and brief data inconsistency between 3 redundant probes made the overall System (A/C+crew) FUBAR.

Just a crew issue or a critical System? And how to improve the original design?

IMHO through an immediate and clear information (not just in ECAM) on UAS onset. And you decide what to do after a precise (assisted by System) assessment.

The AS probes and ADR after the brief "cold" operated again perfectly. It was a single occurrence of an intermittent failure well documented earlier...

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