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Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2016, 12:04
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

The standard procedure on the A330 is to re-align...

The standard procedure on the A330 is to re-align the ADIRUs before every sector, so they need to be re-initialised with the current position.
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2016, 11:19
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

Old A330s have a basic AH, but newer aircraft...

Old A330s have a basic AH, but newer aircraft have an Integrated Standby Instrument System (ISIS). It's basically a souped-up AH plus ASI/altimeter and ILS scales combined into one instrument and...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2016, 08:52
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

Capt & FO would lose all attitude, heading and...

Capt & FO would lose all attitude, heading and air data on their PFDs & NDs. Data could be recovered by realigning the IRs in ATT mode, with the heading updated periodically from the standby compass.
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2016, 08:00
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

Ollie, that's exactly what they could have done,...

Ollie, that's exactly what they could have done, once they'd realigned the IRSs in ATT mode and restored their attitude and heading info. It'd be a tad difficult without those!
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2016, 06:06
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

Possibly so, but the report says "The flight crew...

Possibly so, but the report says "The flight crew continued their attempts to restore the flight guidance and navigation systems while in the Sydney area. The FO then carried out the IRS ALIGNMENT...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2016, 00:48
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

They certainly couldn't have flown an RNP or any...

They certainly couldn't have flown an RNP or any other type of 'new age' approach, but radar vectors to an old-fashioned ILS should have been easily doable once the attitude and heading information...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Sep 2016, 15:21
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

The Capt would have lost all attitude and air...

The Capt would have lost all attitude and air data when ADIRU 1 was cycled OFF. The FO's PFD would have continued displaying data from ADIRU 2, but the heading info would have been wrong. The Capt...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Sep 2016, 00:52
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

The report says the FO subsequently carried out...

The report says the FO subsequently carried out the IRS ALIGNMENT IN ATT MODE checklist from the QRH. That would have restored attitude and heading information once the aircraft's magnetic heading...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Sep 2016, 11:10
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

Ben Sandilands is on to it, although I doubt that...

Ben Sandilands is on to it, although I doubt that very many of the 'paying public' read his blog:

ATSB reports on cockpit cockup in AirAsiaX flight to KL...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Sep 2016, 08:53
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

ATC was the saving grace in this whole sorry...

ATC was the saving grace in this whole sorry episode. They picked up the aircraft's incorrect tracking immediately after take-off and then provided assistance to help the hapless crew get the...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Sep 2016, 07:57
Replies: 101
Views: 53,020
Posted By BuzzBox

Yep, at one point after getting airborne the FO...

Yep, at one point after getting airborne the FO was going to cycle all three ADIRUs to OFF to 'reset the system'. The captain initially said nothing and the FO got as far as turning ADIRUs 1 & 3...
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