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The pilots turned off the autopilot for takeoff due to a known bug. Flying manually the pilots made an error when setting the required thrust that nearly cause
by ThinkBeat 2y ago
The pilots turned off the autopilot for takeoff due to a known bug.
Flying manually the pilots made an error when setting the required
thrust that nearly caused the plane to run off the runway without
getting off the ground?
Is that correct?
In which case it seems like pilot error.
- aaomidi 2y ago? lol. Disabling automation because of a bug and doing manual stuff is how things break. This is true in WebPKI, it’s true in planes as well.
- conartist6 2y agoIt's actually the right way of thinking! When high-level automation fails you, messing around with the high-level system in a critical moment would probably be your death. Debugging takes minutes not seconds. This is why pilots are trained to drop from a high level automation to a lower one when necessary. Like most learnings about piloting, this insight was purchased with a lot of blood. If you want to know more, check out Children of the Magenta Line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs
- worewood 2y agoThe problem is not dropping automation when it fails. The problem is dropping automation BECAUSE it fails. They aren't able to rely on the automation because it's faulty - and as consequence error rate increases.
- ryankrage77 2y agoIt's not clear from the article whether A) The autothrottle disengaged due to the bug, and the throttle defaulted back to some previously set value, without the pilots knowledge. B) The pilots disabled the autothrottle to avoid a bug, and also failed to set the throttle correctly.
- pmontra 2y agoHuman errors happen. That's why they take off with the autopilot, but the autopilot doesn't work well enough and everybody AFAIK has to take off manually. Great job from Boeing.