A question from a chopper driver
I know little about the modern fixed wing airliners but would like to know a little about the way the aircraft systems are managed in the event of a total electrical failure...
a, Do you have a way of managing the engines manually?
b. I guess with a FBW aircraft there is no way to control the aircraft if you have no electrical power but do you have enough battery power on something like a A380 to run an essential bus with enough systems to get you down? The quadruple engine failure of the BA 747 (volcanic ash) all those years ago must have deprived the are of all the generator power so I guess they must have had enough battery power to try the restart.
Would appreciate some general info if someone could oblige I would be grateful.
G.