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Re:Lack of redundancies on Boeing 737 MAX baffles some invol... by dingaling on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @01:21AM (#19560970)
Although you're being facetious, AoA sensors do have self-diagnostics that determine when their heating elements have failed.

Incodentally on the A380 and A350 Airbus have changed to combined AoA-pitot sensors of which there are now four.

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Re:Lack of redundancies on Boeing 737 MAX baffles some invol... by magduf on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:08PM (#19564528)
Sounds like Airbus airplanes are much, much safer to fly on than Boeings. Why would anyone trust a company which thinks it's OK to have a flight control system that only uses input from a single sensor that's known to fail?
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