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Old 2nd October 2012 | 21:00
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Dozy, you said.....


"As far as I'm aware there have been no hull-loss accidents related to the failure of a FBW system in the 24 years they've been flying commercially"

Failure, perhaps not, but I think we can all remember one instance of a " functional FBW system playing a large part in downing an airworthy aircraft...
they aint perfect things
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Old 2nd October 2012 | 23:49
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Originally Posted by Lone_Ranger
Failure, perhaps not, but I think we can all remember one instance of a " functional FBW system playing a large part in downing an airworthy aircraft...
they aint perfect things
I'm not sure what you're referring to - could you enlighten me?

I don't think anyone's saying any system is perfect...
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Old 3rd October 2012 | 01:56
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"As far as I'm aware there have been no hull-loss accidents related to the failure of a FBW system in the 24 years they've been flying commercially"
24 years is a lot of time and many hours of service
DW
I don't think anyone's saying any system is perfect...
Well after 24 years of non events in the FBW backyard .. this mean (I understand .. you mean) .. perfect .. no ?
Or you mean .. we must waiting ... 24 years more and maybe a failure causing a hull-loss for say it's not perfect .....

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Old 3rd October 2012 | 21:56
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Originally Posted by jcjeant
Well after 24 years of non events in the FBW backyard .. this mean (I understand .. you mean) .. perfect .. no ?
No! All it proves is that the system is no worse than any other. Every system has its quirks.
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