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Old 31st Dec 2014, 20:20
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ECAM sent to AirAsia Headquarters?

Has anyone heard if Air Asia enabled ECAM warning messages to be sent to HQ for their Airbus fleet?
I recall AF447 had automatic warning reporting of the ECAM alerts transmitted back to Air France headquarters during the incident. They were discovered the next day after the missing flight. For years this was the only data available. This can be an important early motivator for pro-active safety directives to be issued before the final accident report is released.

If option enabled and zero warnings received then it would be consistent with a very sudden event.
If option enabled and warnings were received then they should be included in the accident report, analysed asap as a potential benefit for other a/c.
If option disabled then they should seriously consider enabling and integrating the alerts with their operations center.
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