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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_72#Final_report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_72#Final_report

• tyingq 7y ago
  Interesting that they never found the root cause. I assume they fixed it by detecting symptoms since the cause is unknown.
  • blackflame7000 7y ago
    Air Disasters did an episode on this flight with interviews from the people that diagnosed the problem. https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/air-disasters/free-fall/802/3467449 https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/air-disasters/free-...
    • tyingq 7y ago
      Searched a bit more, and found this from 2018: "Experts are still not sure of the root cause of the malfunction in the data unit, but subsequent software changes by Airbus mean any similar error in the future won’t lead to another terrifying nosedive." https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/terror-on-flight-qf72-im-not-in-control-of-this-plane/news-story/1de13e8591fa845045f52ff4387cf98b https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/terr... Sounds like I guessed right.
      • taneq 7y ago
        Wow, "we don't know what went wrong but we're certain we fixed it!" That's nice and convincing...
        • teddyuk 7y ago
          and almost always turns out to be false :)
        • AstralStorm 7y ago
          Nah. It's more like "we've added a permanent workaround".
        • madeofpalk 7y ago
          Well I mean, there was two problems with that flight: 1) There was erroneous data 2) The erroneous data caused the plane to suddenly nosedive 2 was fixed - it's known why it dived and they fixed that from happening again. They still don't know what caused 1.