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Originally Posted by unclebilly View Post
Tell that to the families of the Air India crash victims. Seems like at least one of those 2 pilots didn’t notice the fuel switches were turned off until it was too late.

Full automatic would not have allowed this.
Do you recall the Airbus demonstration disaster?
Low pass over the runway, and when the pilot advanced the throttles, the airplane "decided" that no, we're in landing configuration, so we're supposed to land.
Throttle levers moved to Max thrust, but engines did not respond, cuz the computer said so.
Brand new Airbus settled into the trees beyond the runway and exploded.
Old 08-07-2025, 09:38 AM
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