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Love the write-ups from Admiral Cloudberg. Always fascinating to follow the series of seemingly minor incidents that eventually push things over the tipping point.

@tubetime That was a more satisfying and illuminating read than the chapter of The Perfectionists (Simon Winchester) about that failure.

@tubetime The article lacks one important detail though: did captain de Crespigny pass his line check??

I used to test this stuff.

Systems test 5,832,355/10,200,122:

"Ok, this one validates a cooling fan will stop trying to cool the equipment if the equipment is in flames, and it preserves this state after loosing sensor data, and through a control fail-over, when the port wing has fallen off."

"Check. Next."

It is immensely satisfying to read a detailed story about a plane getting swiss-cheesed, all these systems working in concert, and the crew effectively managing the situation safely.

@tubetime "the №1 engine was still running, even though the crew had already carried out the shutdown procedure. Damage to systems in the wing had rendered the №1 fuel shutoff valves inoperative, preventing the crew from shutting the engine down by normal means. "

Damn

@tubetime Wow. Just wow! What a read! 😳😲 Incredible. I feel like I'm a kid again having just watched the Thunderbirds film where Zero-X has to be landed.

@tubetime Amazing to read this right after being on two A380s in two days - the first one being cancelled for mechanical issues.

@tubetime @awlnx The captain also wrote a book about this flight that is a very interesting read: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=mbDl7plG7RMC

@tubetime Thanks for sharing this — I had to read it in two sessions (with a commercial jet flight between!) but this was a great read

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Oooh. I sense a new episode of MayDay coming.

Great show, the audience gets to play Guess The Failure Mode from the comfort of home.

"I can Guess The Failure Mode in 5 minutes Alec! "

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayday_(Canadian_TV_series)