Qantas Airbus Computer Malfunction
From day to day, our lives are constantly in the hands (virtual hands) of computers.
A Qantas Airbus recently did a nose dive due to a computer malfunction. Scary! Investigators have recently released the information about the nose dive indeed being caused by the computer malfunction, but Qantas has said this is a unique event and that there is nothing that should cause people to think this will happen on other Airbus jets.
From Australian IT:
EUROPEAN plane-maker Airbus has warned A330 operators around the world to guard against potential computer problems after last week’s roller-coaster ride by a Qantas jet.
The global alert comes after investigators found that a faulty unit that provides information about the plane’s movement and position resulted in the autopilot disconnecting and prompted flight control computers to pitch the plane’s nose downward.
More than 70 people were injured, 14 seriously, when they were thrown around the cabin as the plane pitched down violently near Learmonth, in Western Australia northwest, while en route from Singapore to Perth.
It has been found that no pilot error was to blame for the incident. Blame it on the computers. In this case the blame is legit.
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