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Why does this sound so similar to Air France 447[1]? Iirc a major difference between Boeing and airbuses, was specifically the control inputs. In Boeing, the pi
by elromulous 4y ago
Why does this sound so similar to Air France 447[1]? Iirc a major difference between Boeing and airbuses, was specifically the control inputs. In Boeing, the pilot and copilot controls were physically linked. In Airbus, they each fed into the autopilot and were averaged. This horrendous functionality was later deemed a contributing factor in the Air France 447 crash. Did Boeing at some point switch to similar controls as Airbus? (I.e. average pilot and copilot controls?)
[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
P.s.
Tangent: apropos the air france 447 flight, 99% invisible did a solid episode on it some years back, including a bunch of discussion on the terrible HMI:
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/children-of-the-magenta-automation-paradox-pt-1/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/children-of-the-magen...