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2009-11-18 Down Under

Cosmic Rays May Have Caused Jet's Plunge

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Posted by Grunter 2009-11-18 11:53|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 WoT related? Return of the NASA stories?

Posted by gromky 2009-11-18 13:40|| 2009-11-18 13:40|| Front Page Top

#2 My money is on a software djinn. What's that cute technical term the NTSB uses - "uncommanded excursion of control surfaces"?

Posted by SteveS 2009-11-18 13:44|| 2009-11-18 13:44|| Front Page Top

#3 "The data device experienced significant spikes in nine different categories of information, leading to the dramatic movements in the aircraft, which was using its autopilot system."

Makes one wonder whether there is a "choke point" in the device for flow of those nine data categories. If so the device should be redesigned and/or hardened. This is probably more than just a software problem.

Posted by tipover 2009-11-18 14:34|| 2009-11-18 14:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Assuming aerospace grade parts (they are) and triple or quad redundancy (it is), then it sounds like poor high reliability programming practices to cause uncontrolled maneuvers when encounter single event upsets.

Posted by ed 2009-11-18 14:44|| 2009-11-18 14:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Cosmic Rays caused Astronaut Capt. Lisa Marie Nowak looks to plunge and short circuited her brain?

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-11-18 14:53|| 2009-11-18 14:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Without the neutrino's steady thrum
How could we have continuum?
Going through the earth they're slowed, you see
And that's why we have gravity!

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2009-11-18 16:00|| 2009-11-18 16:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Crooked eyes, Wrinkles....lustful pilot itch, etc.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-11-18 16:29|| 2009-11-18 16:29|| Front Page Top

#8 GolfBravoUSMC ,

I like bad girls, SWOON!

I agree with Ed that the programmer is at fault. The auto pilot did a dangerous manoeuvre. The autopilot obviously didn't have a "temporal memory" and the sudden change in input caused a massive output "signal". Very Very wrong.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-11-18 17:20|| 2009-11-18 17:20|| Front Page Top

#9 You should read Captn. Nowak's entry in Wiki. She seemed to be as messed up as the AB 330's brain. Pretty sad for both.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-11-18 21:51|| 2009-11-18 21:51|| Front Page Top

#10 I just gotta wonder - What did LOVE + PENN STATE do to LISA!?

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-11-18 22:04|| na]">[na] 2009-11-18 22:04|| Front Page Top

#11 I just gotta wonder - What did LOVE + PENN STATE do to LISA!?

A more relevent question:

What will Penn State do to Michigan State?

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