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Perhaps it can’t be turned off from the cockpit?

I'm pretty sure it can't be turned off from anywhere in the cabin. You're probably have to be inside the engine to turn it off. Why would they put a kill switch on a system like that?

18 posted on 03/13/2014 2:05:31 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Cyber Liberty

I doubt you have to be in the engine bay to turn off that system. Unless there are special satellite comm systems on the engine nacelles, that data is probably repackaged by the jet’s comm package and pushed out the satcomm antenna with everything else. And even if they *are* transmitting from their own antennas, they have breakers, too. Otherwise, a malfunctioning telemetry system could cause a fire itself if not disabled on fault.

Every electrical system on a jet is monitored and pretty much has a off switch in the cockpit, as I understand it. The reason being, is that any system can malfunction (even safety systems), so you have to have a breaker to switch off power, in case that system starts misbehaving. You wouldn’t want your flight recorder to crash your very expensive jet, killing your expnesively trained crew & paying customers in the name of safety!

Reasonable redundancy can only take you so far in the safety game. There are systems that if they fail, you won’t be flying anyway, I suppose some of those probably don’t have cockpit breakers, of if they do, they won’t be cycled off long.


61 posted on 03/13/2014 3:04:46 PM PDT by Aqua225 (Realist)
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