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by KLA2 » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:29 pm
The cause of the crash:
Carpenter said the pilots and crew followed procedures and "the aircraft actually performed as it was designed. In other words, all the systems were functioning normally."
However, a technique learned by some two years ago that had gone widely unknown and unadopted probably would have prevented the crash, Carpenter said. The technique essentially heats the sensors and evaporates any moisture before data calibrations.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/06/crash.ap/index.html
The Air Force knew of the problem and the solution, but did not think to pass this on to all appropriate personnel??
I'm dumbstruck.
Carpenter said the pilots and crew followed procedures and "the aircraft actually performed as it was designed. In other words, all the systems were functioning normally."
However, a technique learned by some two years ago that had gone widely unknown and unadopted probably would have prevented the crash, Carpenter said. The technique essentially heats the sensors and evaporates any moisture before data calibrations.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/06/crash.ap/index.html
The Air Force knew of the problem and the solution, but did not think to pass this on to all appropriate personnel??
I'm dumbstruck.
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by Superluminal » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:36 am
Most likely that procedure was unauthorized and had never been approved by flight safety.
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by Lance » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:27 pm
Superluminal wrote:Most likely that procedure was unauthorized and had never been approved by flight safety.
Yes, it should be obvious that allowing the plane to crash was far safer.
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by Superluminal » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:57 pm
There is probably some Col. flying a desk some where who didn't want to be told how to do his job by some Maj. who actually fly's B-2's.
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