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For several years now, Airbus has offered its customers a special safety program - called "Buss" -- at a cost of €300,000 per aircraft. If the airspeed indicato
by epochwolf 17y ago
For several years now, Airbus has offered its customers a special safety program - called "Buss" -- at a cost of €300,000 per aircraft. If the airspeed indicator fails, this software shows pilots the angle at which they must point the plane.
Given the relatively common failure of airspeed indicators (according to the article) I can't imagine this feature wouldn't be standard.
- jrockway 17y agoAirbus is in the business to make money, and so are the airlines. Maybe 300,000 euros wasn't worth it for the airline, and making it free wasn't worth it to Airbus. Much better to pay the lawyers to fight over how much to pay the families of the 300 dead people...