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Air France and Airbus on trial 13 years after Atlantic jet disaster
PARIS, FRANCE — More than 13 years after an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people on board, the French carrier and planemaker Airbus go on trial in a Paris court next week with relatives seeking light at the end of a long tunnel. (www.airlinerwatch.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I don't believe the captain was the one who realized what was happening. If he had assumed the pilot position and taken back over, he probably would have saved the plane, but he did not. It was finally the more senior co-pilot who too late realized the junior co-pilot had the airplane in a stall. As it was, all 3 pilots just ignored the stall warnings. I believe Air France should lose this case. As for Airbus, their fault beyond the pitot tube problem was the fact that the (joy) sticks used by the pilots did not work in tandem.
Regarding the side sticks I couldn't agree more. How the regulators approved that I'll ever know.
It's pretty much impossible to have a mechanical link between the sidesticks on an Airbus.
It doesn't have to be mechanical. The computers simply need to provide feedback through the sidestick like a stick shaker on other planes or even various kinds of feedback on gaming console joysticks.
Gulfstream has implemented active side sticks, which provide both the correct "feel" of the controls, and each one moves the other one so a pilot can feel what the other one is inputting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXhCJYWvwd0 (Active Control Sidesticks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXhCJYWvwd0 (Active Control Sidesticks)
And yet it is not difficult to grant controls to one joystick ? Red Herring
That step as been missed on occasion. Button not pressed long enough, didn't think to do it....
Would that have helped 447?
The pilot monitoring would have realized the pilot flying was holding the stick in the full aft position so yes it would or at least could have helped.