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Old 19th Sep 2016, 18:56
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Chronus
 
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All aside the initial factor in this accident was the touch down 1100 meters beyond the threshold. Two seconds after that came the second factor, the smart cockpit RAAS annunciator with its "LONG LANDING" call. The well drilled crew immediately reacted to it.
To me this is yet another case of unquestioning submission to and total dependence on automation and abandonment of an important human sense of intuition and instinct. Not even flying by numbers but flying by on/off electronic signals.
Would this accident have occurred if there was no RAAS.
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