[codecraft] Qantas 737 “tailstrike” was caused by iPad data entry fail | Ars Technica

Philip Durbin philipdurbin at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 22:10:25 EST 2015


http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/11/qantas-737-tailstrike-was-caused-by-ipad-data-entry-fail/

"The ATSB investigation said that this was probably the result of the OPT
factoring in so many variables that it's hard for the flight crew to
develop a "rule of thumb" for each plane's takeoff speed and thrust—i.e.,
if the numbers produced by the OPT vary dramatically every time it's used,
it's hard for the flight crew to know when they're wrong."
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