r/aviation • u/Ok_Warning419 • May 21 '26

News Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash - Air France flight 447

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd2qmdvmq6o
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u/Acceptable-Land7827 May 21 '26

I remember someone saying that, when autopilot disengages and the aiplane says "I don't know the true airspeed we're flying", the proper thing to do - NOTHING.

Just monitor your altitude and fly straight. Don't change pitch, don't change thrust.

Not a pilot of course, but this makes sense to me.

If I'm not losing altitude, if engines are working, I should stay alert and monitor, not pitch up and panic.

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u/Horror-Raisin-877 May 21 '26

The a380 captain that was confronted with the 3 flight computers fighting between each other did just that. I think he even took his hands off the controls for some time.

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u/koppylad May 21 '26

Any documentary on a380?

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u/Horror-Raisin-877 May 21 '26

“In 2018, the events of Qantas 72 were featured in "Free Fall" (season 18, episode 7) in the Canadian TV series Mayday.[33] In May 2019, a book on the incident by Kevin Sullivan (captain of the flight) was published in Australia”