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But if they did request permission to come back, I am guessing it was mechanical/electrical/fire/windshield related than an active deliberate fight in the cockpit.,
I think this will likely end up being another Air France 447 all over again. That one shows this can happen even without it being a low cost airline with an under trained crew. At least this one was quicker and found immediately. That is something for the families.
The Tragic Crash of Flight AF447 Shows the Unlikely but Catastrophic Consequences of Automation
I am still thinking the auto pilot is a possibility. Maybe….
Crew and auto pilot interact in a way crew is not used to. The crew cant quickly identify the problem. As a result, they get rattled and request permission to return. The crew then starts fighting the auto pilot and maybe each other over control of the plane.
Thanks for this link, MsFacetious- very interesting and informative!I think this will likely end up being another Air France 447 all over again. That one shows this can happen even without it being a low cost airline with an under trained crew. At least this one was quicker and found immediately. That is something for the families.
The Tragic Crash of Flight AF447 Shows the Unlikely but Catastrophic Consequences of Automation
My hubby belongs to a professional pilot's group and that's been the conversation. So far nobody knows anything but there is a lot of scuttlebutt about Lion Air. That's all I can say for now without an msm link.A technical log obtained by the BBC from the plane's previous flight suggests that the airspeed reading on the captain's instrument was unreliable, and the altitude readings differed on the captain's and first officer's instruments.
Crashed jet 'had prior instrument error'
Total deja vu. Unbelievable.
I guess we don't know if the pilot said anything about WHY they wanted to return to the airport?
It depends on the fault. Needless to say, aircraft are very complex. An aircraft can accumulate a lot of faults in routine operation.If it was like this the day before why on earth was it flying again the next day?
It depends on the fault. Needless to say, aircraft are very complex. An aircraft can accumulate a lot of faults in routine operation.
I believe there can be many types of aircraft faults. Faults that the plane can still fly with, faults that must be corrected before any future flight, and faults in which the plane can still be flown if a back up system is confirmed to be operating or if the flight crew is fully aware of the fault and can compensate for it.
Then it gets more complex as there maybe issues as to whether the ground crew correctly identified the fault, and whether or not the crew was fully aware of a fault, whether or not a repair was made etc.