On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 at 10:08:56 in message
, Stefan wrote:

The A300 is FBW, an Airbus crash in Paris... so much for the educated
infos in this group.


Not an A 300, which is _not_ FBW but an A320 which _is_.

The crash you mention occured at an airshow in Habsheim, near Mulhouse,
which is more than 200 nm from Paris. And the crash wasn't caused by
the FBW system, rather the opposite: The pilot had shut down the
computers surveillance system, because the computer wouldn't have
allowed him to fly his dangerous maneuvre!

The crew had only inhibited one function - the alpha floor limit which
automatically applies power at alpha floor. Everything else was working.
--
David CL Francis