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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoAbout a decade ago I had to fly across the country to peel a piece of tape off a sensor. At least I got crab cakes
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI was watching a documentary about a plane that crashed, killing everyone on board, because someone left tape on a pitot tube during maintenance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroperú_Flight_603.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoTerrifying. Fortunately, I was not working on safety-critical systems at the time. Now I am, so this is a great case study. The article glosses over whether or not Boeing was even partially found at fault. In my opinion, this was a major design flaw on their part.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoHere is the documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceXSwstXo6A
minus-squareMellowSnow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI gotta ask… Why couldn’t someone local do it?
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoI’m not op, it I imagine it went something like this: “We’ve tried everything and nothing works, you gotta come down here” “…and you followed the instructions in the run book to the letter”? “yes. every instruction” runbook line 1 page 1: remove the tape from the sensor before installation.
About a decade ago I had to fly across the country to peel a piece of tape off a sensor. At least I got crab cakes
I was watching a documentary about a plane that crashed, killing everyone on board, because someone left tape on a pitot tube during maintenance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroperú_Flight_603.
Terrifying.
Fortunately, I was not working on safety-critical systems at the time. Now I am, so this is a great case study.
The article glosses over whether or not Boeing was even partially found at fault. In my opinion, this was a major design flaw on their part.
Here is the documentary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceXSwstXo6A
Wish it were an article.
I gotta ask… Why couldn’t someone local do it?
I’m not op, it I imagine it went something like this:
“We’ve tried everything and nothing works, you gotta come down here”
“…and you followed the instructions in the run book to the letter”?
“yes. every instruction”
runbook line 1 page 1: remove the tape from the sensor before installation.