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Old 21st Nov 2016, 20:52
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Originally Posted by LRP
Do you know what component failed?
No that has not been named.

Design fault in component of controlsystem.

The Dutch word "besturingssysteem" can be a physical system or a computer software system.

Although they consistently write about a replaced part. It has been hinted by outsiders that it could have been a software issue.

The quick way that the part in the aircraft in Mali have been updated before the other aircraft in The Netherlands might point in that direction.

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