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Architecting solutions is hard. In this case, you need knowledge of motors, flight controls, sensor fusion, etc. It’s easy to find edge cases when they present

• ncmncm 7y ago
  Thus, the standards and procedures that if followed would have prevented the problem. There is a standard that says automated controls are not allowed "authority" such that the pilot cannot counteract it. There is a standard that says failure of a single sensor must not cause a critical failure. Either violation alone makes the design not airworthy, and not certifiable for civil aviation, preventing both crashes.
• ncmncm 7y ago
  This case is unusual because, rather than a whole series of things that all had to go wrong before the plane would crash, this system has numerous failure modes that individually were almost enough by themselves to cause a crash. It is only astonishing that it took so long for it to happen. In the Lion Air case, painfully inadequate maintenance contributed.
• gizmo385 7y ago
  > In this case, you need knowledge of motors, flight controls, sensor fusion, etc. Expertise which should be readily available at one of the world's foremost designers of high performance commercial aircraft.