December 19, 2006

IN AN AIRBUS, NOONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM

Airbus urged to fix A320's electrics (David Learmount, 12/19/06, Flight)

Airbus has received four recommendations for modifications to its A320 series electrical systems following an incident in which an A319 crew lost voice communications and all the captain's electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) displays. In the absence of these systems the crew had to use the emergency undercarriage deployment system to prepare for landing.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 19, 2006 2:10 PM
Comments

Anyone who can write headlines like that deserves 2,000,000 hits. Almost as good as, "Thar, She Blows."

Posted by: Lou Gots at December 19, 2006 7:08 PM
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