To: george76
What?? Why on Earth would the pilots turn the computers off??
3 posted on
01/30/2015 7:26:55 AM PST by
POWERSBOOTHEFAN
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
5 posted on
01/30/2015 7:30:01 AM PST by
Cowboy Bob
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
The computers were conflicted and screwing up flight control, and so the pilots shut them down in a desperate attempt to get back control of the plane.
6 posted on
01/30/2015 7:30:56 AM PST by
Timber Rattler
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
So that the pilots could force the plane into a steep climb - that the computers would not allow ?
7 posted on
01/30/2015 7:31:54 AM PST by
george76
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Obi-wan told them to trust the Force.
8 posted on
01/30/2015 7:32:15 AM PST by
I-ambush
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Perhaps they thought the computers were giving erroneous information or otherwise defective (as with that Air France crash in the Atlantic a few years back, where defective pitot tube readings made the computers think conditions were better than they were), and they thought they could override them by shutting them off?
9 posted on
01/30/2015 7:33:08 AM PST by
M1903A1
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
What?? Why on Earth would the pilots turn the computers off??
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Look at the story of AF447. The computers on an airbus can cause confusion for marginal pilots when there are problems with the sensors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
13 posted on
01/30/2015 7:42:20 AM PST by
Moonman62
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Why on Earth would the pilots turn the computers off??
Poorly designed control panels allowing them to hit the wrong buttons easily?
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