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Re:Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if land... by t0mas88 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:57PM (#21993934)
Frozen pitot tubes causing an airspeed disagree is something we train for. The issue there isn't software, it's mechanical, and what the Airbus did is exactly what it's supposed to do according to the manual.

The problem there was the junior co-pilot responding all wrong and the other pilot not noticing because Airbus sticks don't move together. The captain woke up, came to check and realized what was wrong but did so too late to fix it.

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Re:Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if land... by mcsoft on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @02:16PM (#21994725)
Agree, though the investigators also pointed to the lack of a clear display of the airspeed inconsistencies even though the computers had identified them. This sounds more like a UX problem rather than a bug, but still the software issue in the edge case.
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