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Typo Blamed for Emirates Failed Take-Off
Remember to double check those numbers! Otherwise, this might happen to you... (www.theage.com.au) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
In 10 years from now, it will be computer geeks as pilots! Bad decision making on the pilots side, he should have determined there needed to be more thrust.
He did but it was too late and somebody not paying attention. Weight should have been crosscheck. Critical if you are using auto thrust. That's why I like my hand on the throttles. That way I know where they are at.
A simple solution would allow both manual control and an automated check. Instead of engaging the automation during take-off, do it during taxiing. The plane should respond as expected when accelerating on the ground. If it does not, the warning could be generated prior to take-off procedures.
As Wesley Grady says above, this one is pure and simple pilot error. There was no crosscheck of the setting as there should have been for various reasons, BUT, they did mention distractions in the cockpit, and if that be the case, it makes a wonderful example for the STERILE COCKPIT, as that is when you need to be on your game. Let the damn thing fly itself in the air, but as a PIC, you are responsible, automation or not, for getting it off and back on the ground.
Looks like you're the thread moderator. You don't really need to reply to every single post. I think we can tell what your position is.
OK, we chalk this one up to pilot error in not checking and cross checking and not just flying the plane, but with newer planes coming on the market and more complicated systems on the horizon, is no one bothered by the Airbus statement, "Furthermore, an Airbus take-off monitoring system to compute required acceleration rates and to trigger an alert if a plane is accelerating too slowly "is under feasibility study for a certification targeted to be available in 2015 for A380 and between 2015-2020 for A320 and A330/A340 families," the aircraft maker said."? It is going to take up to 7 years to develop a program to determine the plane isn't accelerating fast enough?