To: BobinIL
According to an earlier article, it was moisture in one of the sensors at the rear end of the plane. Atleast that was the *official* explanation.
24 posted on
07/15/2008 1:25:43 PM PDT by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: CarrotAndStick
Atleast that was the *official* explanation.
It is a very believable explanation. My take based on the timeline is that it was a procedural error. They should not have done the sensor calibration before the sensor heater was active.
Based on that dependency I would also speculate that the design was not as robust as it could have been concerning this sensor system. Lack of redundancy and dissimilarity perhaps. I can't be sure without access to stuff that is classified though. I am an Avionics Systems engineer by profession.
38 posted on
07/15/2008 2:06:03 PM PDT by
TalonDJ
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