"devil" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:05:42 -0400, Morgans wrote:


"Peter" wrote

But if there's a clear rule for what 'shouldn't be done' then it
would seem prudent to build it into the firmware for the fly-by-wire
system so that it can't be done.

BINGO

Seems to me that Airbus is, if not criminally responsible, morally and
legally responsible.


????

From what I hear (1) the US certification standards *do not* require the
rudder to be able to withstand the sort of forces the exercise in question
resulted in, and no plane, whether Boeing or Airbus, builds rudders that
would. This is presumably public knowledge, and presumably open
information available to American Airline; incidentally, the same scenario
would have led to a similar accident with a Boeing plane.
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My point was that a FBW aircraft that did not have limiting software, is
wrong. I now see that the plane in question was not FBW.

"Nevermind! "g


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