Man vs. Machine
2011-12-19 22:05:51.665267+01 by petronius 0 comments
An interesting piece from Popular Mechanics: an analysis of the cockpit voice recorders from the Air France Airbus that crashed into the Atlantic a few years ago. It appears that a non-fatal problem with the airspeed indicators colluded with inexperience on the part of the co-pilots to bring the plane down. Most of the equipment worked fine, but somebody did exactly the wrong thing. The strangest bit is that the alarm system is screaming "Stall!" numberous times, but nobody seems to believe it.