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Fair enough, but unfortunately Airbus did not extend that concept to the fault 'system' in the A380. When a Trent 900 engine in Qantas flight 32 exploded and c
by hilbert42 6y ago
Fair enough, but unfortunately Airbus did not extend that concept to the fault 'system' in the A380. When a Trent 900 engine in Qantas flight 32 exploded and cut through the control lines the pilots were overwhelmed by the amount of error data to the extent that they had considerable difficulty in interpreting the data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32
In this emergency, it's clear the fault indicators (and the data they supplied) were not fit for purpose. If you get a chance it is worth watching the documentary where the cabin crew discuss the problem.
It seems to me that there were other problems too with insufficient redundancy built into the control of the aircraft's ailerons (insufficient resiliency in a critical system) but that's off-topic here.