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If I understand correctly, ultimately they could not overcome it, and after many dives, the computer succeeded in crashing the aircraft... it's practically irre
by jakeogh 6y ago
If I understand correctly, ultimately they could not overcome it, and after many dives, the computer succeeded in crashing the aircraft... it's practically irrelevant long the pilots were able to overcome it.
The base issue is that it was even possible for the control of humans with hundreds of lives in their hands to be overridden by a set of predefined instructions.
- Toutouxc 6y agoIt's very relevant that the plane was flying long enough for the pilots to go through the runaway trim checklist, which, if they went through the procedure, would have probably saved the plane. They didn't go through the checklist, because AFAIK they didn't realize immediately that it's a runaway trim situation, because of imprecise and/or conflicting indications in the cockpit.
- jakeogh 6y agoIt's got control of the trim wheels, and it's plunging the aircraft to the ground with nonsense trim settings. Right? Needing to consult the manual to disable that input is eh... not optimal. They physically could not trim the aircraft, and even worse (as if), could not -trivially- prevent changes to that trim. Should humans on the line have ultimate control of the surfaces or not? If so, how many steps through "complicated checklists" should be required to get control of a basic setting like trim? The base issue is that it was even possible for the control of humans with hundreds of lives in their hands to be overridden by a set of predefined instructions.