Re:Preliminary report into Air India crash released
by throwaway48476 on Sunday July 13, 2025 @12:11AM
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There's a metal nib on the switch and switch housing preventing it from being bumped. There's also a spring holding it down so it can't bounce up. The distance and required force makes switching them at the same time impossible, thus the 1 second difference. This was absolutely an intentional act.
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Re:Preliminary report into Air India crash released
by Emdeha2357 on Thursday July 17, 2025 @04:53AM
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Lookit the damn(ing) pictures:
https://www.xuefeiji.org/public/uploads/weixin_mpimgs/e3/e36...
One can easily switch them with two fingers at the same time. I tried (with similar switches.): Works. If the locking mechanism fails, even unintentionally. Getting loose, wristworn jewlery snatched and then pull: Works.
My question to Boeing is: Why did you cover the neighbouring (stabilizer cut-off, IIRC) switches with red springloaded flip-covers, but not the fuel cut-off switches?