[HN Gopher] Details emerge of Air France B777 landing incident ___________________________________________________________________ Details emerge of Air France B777 landing incident Author : jtc331 Score : 20 points Date : 2022-04-28 21:29 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.aerotime.aero) (TXT) w3m dump (www.aerotime.aero) | rmk wrote: | Echoes of AF447 here. I thought that Airbus makes the only | airliners with no feedback when there are dual inputs applied, | and Boeing takes a decidedly different approach. Can someone | experienced with this explain how this could have happened? | hkwerf wrote: | I've repeatedly heard stated that after a sufficient amount of | force is applied to controls, "the link" between the controls | is severed or deactivated, without any details regarding how | this is done or what the actual effect is. | | Here's an article stating exactly that: | https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/04/28/Pilots-p... | | > If opposing forces on the two columns pass a certain limit, | the link between them is deactivated or "desynchronized" to | prevent accidents in the case of one side getting jammed. | 8b16380d wrote: | Does sound like 447, and a result of the airbus' dual stick | system. Boeing's yoke system is connected between the pilot and | copilot, so much easier to detect opposite inputs. Also the | yoke is right in front of each pilot, instead of on the | opposite sides as is the case with the dual sticks in airbus | planes, which could be a source of confusion/opposite input | problems. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-04-28 23:00 UTC)