Airbus's design is an unlikely culprit for the Yemenia crash near the Comoros

http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/07/01/a-dark-and-windy-night/

by sweetdreams • 17 years ago

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zcrar70• 17 years ago

I find the title ambiguous/misleading - summary of the article as I understood it:

* the Airbus A310 is popular with third-world country airlines

* third-world country airports are less well equipped

* the crash was likely due to pilot tiredness and poor airport layout, and had little to do with the A310 design

sweetdreams• 17 years ago

You're leaving out the author's point that a lot of people are wondering if there is an Airbus problem in the aftermath of the Yemenia crash and Flight 447's plummet into the Atlantic Ocean. He is saying that factors other than the plane itself resulted in the crash. So I disagree with your statement that the title is misleading.

luckyland2• 17 years ago

He's saying the title is ambiguous.

If the author is suggesting the A310's design is indeed a culprit, then the argument is weak.

If the author is reinforcing the argument that the A310's design is not likely to be a factor in the crash, then the title could be misleading.

luckyland2• 17 years ago

This article doesn't really address anything particular about the design characteristics of the A310 other than that there is a history of pilot error incidents involving this aircraft -- like all other aircraft.

Also, a radar altimeter is capable of providing accurate altitude over water as it is over terrain.

On a tangent, there is no evidence to support the claim that Aeroflot has a "third world" safety record. It is quite the opposite during the post-Soviet era.

Airbus's design is an unlikely culprit for the Yemenia crash near the Comoros

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