Re:How the pilots of Lion Air Flight 610 lost control
by heyjudy on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @10:08PM
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Serious lack of redundancy in a life-safety critical-system. It should have:
- 5+ AOA sensors of different types
- discard any sensor values that are stuck or providing incorrect readings
- have a spray, heating system (some do) and camera system for automatically deicing and verifying AOA sensors in-flight
Without a camera system to verify sensors, crews won't have a definitive way to know if they're getting true or false information from clogged pitot, stuck AOA or malfunction.
- 5+ AOA sensors of different types
- discard any sensor values that are stuck or providing incorrect readings
- have a spray, heating system (some do) and camera system for automatically deicing and verifying AOA sensors in-flight
Without a camera system to verify sensors, crews won't have a definitive way to know if they're getting true or false information from clogged pitot, stuck AOA or malfunction.