[zipper]

Good work, Central Scrutiniser. There's a lot of anti-Airbus xenophobia in FreeRepublic. This is another example. Had it been in a Boeing product it wouldn't have generated a tenth of the derogatory comments (yes it could happen in any glass-cockpit aircraft).

Every major airline has aircraft systems incidents, practically on a daily basis. Hydraulics, electrical, flight controls, pressurisation, fuel, engines, etc. I've seen or read of many more serious incidents that never made the news.

This one was handled routinely. It only lasted for 90 seconds and they had enough instrumentation left to aviate, navigate, and communicate. They had an attitude indicator, at least one INS (on internal battery, probably three on battery), and a VHF radio. There was no loss of altitude and no loss of separation. The crew probably filed a safety report after landing (for their company) and that was it.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Something good did come out of this, Brian is never going to talk to me again!

I just don't like when everyone bandwagons against Airbus and puts out all kinds of knee jerk crap about their planes.

I fly Boeing and Airbus all the time, I like them both.

[phantomworker]

There's a lot of anti-Airbus xenophobia in FreeRepublic.

LOLOL!!! I like that. :-)