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> How was it possibly missed? Since you asked, here’s one idea: - Did you notice the rain covers are present in the second photo in the article? I had to do a
by tobyjsullivan 5y ago
> How was it possibly missed?
Since you asked, here’s one idea:
- Did you notice the rain covers are present in the second photo in the article? I had to do a double-take because they’re very dark. I suspect they’re less obvious compared to other aircraft.
- Was the launch at night? If so, is the deck of this carrier appropriately lit wherever this plane was parked for inspection?
This is pure speculation. My point is you can have all the checklists in the world but bad design could contribute significantly to a process failure.
It sounds like this was a test flight of new equipment on a new carrier. I’d expect some design issues to be uncovered at this stage.
- sschueller 5y agoI thought everything that needs to be removed before takeoff needs to be bright orange/red?
- stan_rogers 5y ago...and flagged. It shouldn't just be a panel/plug, there should be a ginormous length of red webbing attached with a "you can't miss it" "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT" text in white (on both sides of the webbing) as well. It's not like we haven't been doing that for fifty-plus years or anything. That was old news when I was in the service [mumble] decades ago and our quaint training films on type were nearly twenty years old at that point (which should be a clue right there that I'm Canadian).
- hyperbovine 5y agoPerhaps the millenials in charge of designing this most recent fighter tired of your grandfather's rain cover aesthetic, and modernized them to feature Hoefler Whitney and more muted colour palette. :-)
- pacificmint 5y agoI mean, there are certain lessons that each generation seems to have to learn anew. It just that one would expect this to not be one of them.
- sschueller 5y agoSomeone tell Elon...
- dillondoyle 5y agoIt looks red to me. And probably more contrast/color with actual eyes. That photo is during the day and bright behind it cameras aren't great at that.
- cbtacy 5y agoThe color in the image is misleading. They are very bright red. Honestly, I have no idea how this could have happened without at least two people simply not doing their job, at all.
- tragiclos 5y agoThe incident occurred around 10:00 GMT in the Mediterranean[1] so I don’t think it was dark out. [1](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59323895 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59323895)