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What? No Thrust Reversers, Autobrakes or Spoilers?

#1 Post by llondel » Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:29 am

This one flitted across my screen this evening.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/06/ ... r_failure/
Airbus is to implement a software update for its A330 aircraft following an incident in 2020 where all three primary flight computers failed during landing.

The result was a loss of thrust reversers and autobrake systems and the pilots having to use manual braking to bring the aircraft, a China Airlines A330-302, to a halt just 30 feet before the end of the runway. The incident happened at Taipei Songshan Airport on 14 June 2020.
Final report is here https://www.ttsb.gov.tw/media/4913/ci20 ... elease.pdf

Aviation Herald reported it here https://avherald.com/h?article=4d97ca46&opt=0

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