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It also seems like the chance of having had sensor failure or disagreements is higher in cases where a human pilot (or autopilot) has lost control of the airpla
by sokoloff 3y ago
It also seems like the chance of having had sensor failure or disagreements is higher in cases where a human pilot (or autopilot) has lost control of the airplane or exceeded autopilot limits. (It’s by no means all cases, but some LoC incidents are initiated/contributed to by a sensor or avionics failure.)
- t0mas88 3y agoAbsolutely. I've had an instrument failure (invalid attitude indication) cause an autopilot issue that put the aircraft in an upset state in seconds. From there you're manually recovering based on limited data. Fortunately this is a key part of training and unlike the autopilot a human pilot knows to look at the backup instruments and make a judgement on what data is correct. But that judgement is very hard to code into an automated system. Because there is also a bit of trial and error involved. If indications don't follow your inputs, you're going to assume those indications are wrong and put more weight on the others.