Airbus whistleblower faces prison. (A380)

Telegraph Online ^ | 15 October 2005 | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

[lowbuck]

Another aspect of this story, but, this by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard who has a history of solid reporting.

Comments?

[son of caesar]

im not gonna fly on the whalejet. this chip is used in anti lock braking systems, i believe. note the professor of aircraft manufacture states that it is a deviation from the norm. so, is it new tech or is it more euroweenie incompetence? strange that this system does not incorporate at least one backup system. aircraft have multiple backups usually.

[bmwcyle]

I hate flying on the A320. You won't catch me on the A380.

[XEHRpa]

Why am I thinking about that plane that crashed in Greece the other month? Wasn't that some issue with the palne's oxygen or cabin pressure system?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

From what little the article has here, it seems that all of the valves are somehow tied in together at least one point, making a possible failure that would also take out the back up.

[sure_fine]

watch for pieces of the A380 coming to a roof top near you

[son of caesar]

hgg, ive been following this story on my aircraft websites. in all modern aircraft, there are three valves all run by different computers, this eliminates the chance of bad data causing a catastrophic decompression. airbus has decided to change this protocol. in europe, this story came out as a typical american trying to make trouble. actually, that is easy to believe imo, as americans are way to baby like generally. however, this issue needs some serious investigation because this particular aircraft really will not be able to recover at all from such an incidence if it occurs, its simply to big and if it happens, people will be bouncing around like ping pong balls.

[Larry Lucido]

Ping

[NaughtiusMaximus]

I've given up on all of them and practice what I call "The Flight Free Lifestyle," which I recommend to all. Cruising our country's highways in my Lincoln Towncar, I see beautiful scenery, meet interesting people, stay healthy and, above all, avoid the feeling of being a sardine in a beercan being flung through the sky. Like so much else which has been lost, the glamour of air travel vanished in the late '60's or early '70's. I pity everyone whose business makes it necessary that they fly and, as Dave Barry says, spend their time wondering if the woman in the seat next to them has more tattoos or children. The day they retired the last Superconnie was the death knell of elegant publicly available transportation.

[doberville]

"The day they retired the last Superconnie was the death knell of elegant publicly available transportation."

You are referring to the Concorde here? Ah yes. A great loss indeed.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He means the Lockheed Constellation propeller aircraft. TWA had a bunch of em.

[aviator]

Airbus = Scarebus

If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going.

[japaneseghost]

His name will be mud until the first whalebus crashes, then he'll be a hero.

Maybe we should start a thread of guessing how long it will take for a whalebus to crash. The Titanic with wings.

I think within 6 months of beginning passenger flight.

[Lx]

I pray you're wrong. I won't fly the thing, does the 380 have a composite tail?

[rlmorel]

"...americans are way to baby like generally."

Really? Do you have data to back you up, or is just your impression from watching Oprah every day or listening to the DNC?

Even with the decline of American standards in the educational system in this country, I will wager that graduates of that system understand grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling better than you do.

[rlmorel]

I thought this is what he was referring to...

But the Concorde was a nice looking ride as well...

[chudogg]

Americans are way to baby like generally

So baby-like we'll bomb your ass.
(Fine Boeing Product BTW)

[pops88]

My prayers are with this guy. What a sad story.

[Moonman62]

The original BUFF. Way better than the A380, the new BUFF.

[Moonman62]

Looking straight on toward the cockpit, the Connie looks very similar to the Concorde.