NutLoose wrote:
I am surprised no one has mentioned the RAF Tristar Autoland incident where the crew sat and watched it autocrash.
SEngO 101, sitting in his office, felt the impact through his chair!
The first words on the CVR after the crash-and-go were "It shouldn't have done that....."
They then flew round the circuit losing about 8 tonnes of fuel - a welder in the industrial estate near Witney was rather concerned at the kerosene rain he was experiencing. After it landed, there was much consternation as to whether it could be towed in. Having seen the photos of daylight through the massive crack in the main wing spar, I think that they were very lucky to have survived. I'm not sure whether it was
that DeathStar, or the one the ground crew tried to set on fire by holding in a reluctant CB, destroying most of the wiring, but one of them had evidence of a previous heavy landing which the vendor hadn't disclosed.
Nothing wrong with highly automated aircraft provided that the crews have been adequately trained and have remembered how to apply basic flying skills.....
