A definite must read. Amazing that these guys had to learn how to fly what ended up being 'an experimental aircraft' after loss of all controls.
> Amazing that these guys had to learn how to fly what
> ended up being 'an experimental aircraft' after loss
> of all controls.
Amazing because it appears that in the 15 years between
the UAL 232/Sioux City event and the DHL recovery, that
Airbus and the simulator builders did NOTHING to document
how to fly their machines with all 3 hydraulic systems
gone.
Prior to UAL 232, these parties might have been excused
for assuming that 0_hyd = hull loss, but after UAL Cpt.
Al Haynes demonstrated that there was a decent chance
of saving some lives, I would have expected the airframe
and sim makers to document what they knew.
It might even be possible for fly-by-wire a/c to have
a 0-hyd mode, where the primary flight controls get
de-coupled from the useless control surfaces, and
instead control asymmetric thrust, trim, gear deployment,
and whatever else might affect pitch, yaw, and roll.
Apparently, nothing at all has been done for 15 years.
The only info out there is the Haynes seminars.
This scenario is going to happen again. There are
probably a lot of Edwards-type lawyers hoping that the
next underinformed crew can't handle it, and that lots
of settlement money is dug out of the crash site.