Spiegel.DE: Death in the Atlantic: The Last Four Minutes of Air France Flight 447.
“Without a speed reading, the computer more or less throws in the towel, which doesn’t make things easier for the pilots. It would be easier for pilots if they could simply switch the computer off in critical situations, as is possible on Boeing planes.” I remain unconvinced about fly-by-wire. Give me mechanical backup. Ice has always been a scourge, and just goes to show that fancy engineering still hasn’t made man ‘master of nature’. There remain times to keep your butt parked on the firmament.
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