Actually, it was the autoland feature that crashed that plane. The computer
wouldn't let the pilot go around.

mike regish

"John Mullen" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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The Airbus crash was nothing to do with the FBW system, except in the
sense
that the pilots trusted overmuch in it to keep them from crashing. It was
also not the first fully automatic aircraft, or whatever the exact form of
words you use are. Basically they flew too slow and low and their planning
was poor.

What the hell is the fake bird ad for the Ford Ka doing there?

Respectfully yours

John Mullen