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This is how aeroplanes fall out of the sky. Pilots think they know more than the engineers, and decide to skip the checklist, where the checklist includes a ver
by toomanybeersies 10y ago
This is how aeroplanes fall out of the sky. Pilots think they know more than the engineers, and decide to skip the checklist, where the checklist includes a very rare edge case that the pilot has never encountered.
- ebrenes 10y agoReminds me of this case where airlines routinely skipped a step during maintenance because it took too much time. Skipping that step in the manufacturer's process ended up costing 273 people their lives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191#Engine_separation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191#E...