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Seems Boeing just can't catch a break lately. I'm somewhat surprised that there isn't a warning in the cockpit for a poorly closed door on an airplane. My car
by amarant 3y ago
Seems Boeing just can't catch a break lately.
I'm somewhat surprised that there isn't a warning in the cockpit for a poorly closed door on an airplane. My car warns me of that! (Granted, my car door isn't necessarily airtight, but still)
- dmitrygr 3y ago> I'm somewhat surprised that there isn't a warning in the cockpit for a poorly closed door on an airplane. There are multiple. In the 737NG, for example, you'd expect the "master caution" light to come on, an audible chime, and an indicator "DOORS" You can see this yourself in the flight crew operations manual: https://www.pilot18.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/B-737-7-8-900_FCOM_TBC_C_080125_V1V2_B8P-C.pdf https://www.pilot18.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/B-737-7-8... see page 15.10.1. (pdf page 1793) The details on the meaning of this light are on page 15.20.4 (pdf page 1812)
- uomo 3y agoThat’s interesting. In the article it says: > According to De Telegraaf, no signal would have come through in the cockpit before departure that the door was not closed properly.
- dmitrygr 3y agothey are wrong. see edited and expanded parent post
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoThat obviously makes no sense. My car will tell me if a door is open, but somehow there is no sensor to detect this on a plane, where such a thing would be catastrophic as the plane gained altitude.
- amarant 3y agoInteresting! I guess that leaves 2 possibilities. Either the pilots ignored/missed the warnings(seems unlikely), or the warning system was somehow faulty(seems more likely, given Boeings recent track record)