Lights-out operations require redundant hardware and no single point of failure. Redundant hardware is necessary but not sufficient. Fault-tolerant software is equally crucial.
Ducks, Geese, and Planes - If it wasn’t a birdstrike, what could cause a dual engine failure in today’s most technologically advanced and sophisticated aircraft?
Eyes Wide Shut – Deliberate Misdirection or Gross Incompetence
We focus on three images from the AAIB preliminary report and using basic high-school physics, show what happened in the final 32 seconds after AI 171 took off from Ahmedabad airport.
AAIB released its preliminary report on the Air India 171 plane crash. Media and aviation experts attributed the crash to pilot error or deliberate pilot action. We look at the data and state for a fact that it was not pilot error or action, and state the probable root cause…
