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A busted AOA sensor is going to set off a whole bunch of alarms since it's used in air speed and stall calculations. It's not something that is going to be mis
by treis 8y ago
A busted AOA sensor is going to set off a whole bunch of alarms since it's used in air speed and stall calculations. It's not something that is going to be missed with or without MCAS.
- arbitrage 8y agoUnreliable hardware fails unreliably. It's entirely possible to have all your checks in place, and still not be able to detect that the sensor is faulty. Independent comparable sensor input is invaluable and irreplaceable.
- treis 8y agoThe plane might not be able to identify that the AoA sensor is wrong, but the pilots will surely know something is wrong. They will be getting stall warnings and airspeed warnings. Again, maybe they can't say it's the AoA sensor but they will definitely know something is wrong.
- ceejayoz 8y agoYou're assuming all failures are detectable by a computer. That's not necessarily the case.