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RAT 5
What happened to the A330?? from Toulouse on take off being flown by test-pilots that crashed. Was it not something like this? I never did see the final report.
No - that one *was* automation and interface related if I recall correctly. The mode set in the FCU panel was Altitude acquire, which disabled the *autopilot* pitch protection - the FBW alpha protection was unable to correct in time given the incorrect pitch trim, extreme aft CG and power plus very low altitude. They changed the interface soon afterwards.
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