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Re:A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 32 by WalterBright on Sunday December 10, 2023 @02:26PM (#38594125)
An example of zipper failure in the Airbus incident is when a wire bundle gets cut, all the functions of all the wires in that bundle are lost. Having two or more smaller bundles physically separated would greatly reduce that risk. Certainly, having the primary and the backup system in the same bundle is a bad idea.

On the 757, one set of control cables runs under the floor. The backup set runs in the ceiling.

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Re:A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 32 by benhurmarcel on Sunday December 10, 2023 @04:47PM (#38595373)
It’s the same on Airbus aircraft, I can tell you from experience.
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Re:A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 32 by WalterBright on Sunday December 10, 2023 @11:28PM (#38597647)
I thought Airbus was fly-by-wire, not cables?
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Re:A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 32 by benhurmarcel on Monday December 11, 2023 @09:50AM (#38601113)
It is. I'm talking about redundant electrical wires being physically separated so they don't get damaged by the same event.
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