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Re:Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions into 737 Max, Blind to a ... by codedokode on Saturday June 01, 2019 @03:23PM (#20071007)
It is not unlikely, I don't remember details, but I remember the case when two broken sensors voted over working sensor.

The problem is that in order to save tiny amount of money Boing made plane rely on unreliable sensors.

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Re:Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions into 737 Max, Blind to a ... by mikeash on Saturday June 01, 2019 @03:28PM (#20071042)
It’s not unlikely... because of some vague memory you have?
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Re:Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions into 737 Max, Blind to a ... by fhars on Saturday June 01, 2019 @05:34PM (#20071839)
It's not unlikely because it happened repeatedly:

https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/558483-iced-aoa-sensors-...

http://avherald.com/h?article=410c9cec/0015

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Re:Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions into 737 Max, Blind to a ... by BonesJustice on Saturday June 01, 2019 @03:26PM (#20071030)
Assuming that’s true, the fact that it has happened before does not mean simultaneous failure is not incredibly unlikely. Unlikely things do happen. One might call it extraordinarily bad luck.
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Re:Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions into 737 Max, Blind to a ... by bonzini on Saturday June 01, 2019 @04:59PM (#20071661)
Maybe you're thinking of QF72 where erroneous data was "too wrong" to be smoothed out by the computer?
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