Well, I am planning on becoming an Airbus pilot, and wkll be trusting my life to that rudder
Lets say this: I have confidence that it will get me there safely.
Wih the thousands of Airbuses flying daily, and the....
Okay,
GermanWings -- pilot
Air France - icing, pilot training error. I hope I know better than to pull back on the stick and ignore STALL
AirAsia - mechanical failure, pilot training error
Russian - bomb
BAW cowl doors issue(s) : lax maintenance
AirInter: no GPWS, infamiliar with Airbus
1549 - HONK HONK QUACK SQUAWK + ENGINE = BAD IDEA
XL888T:
In September 2010, the BEA published its final report into the accident. One of the contributing causes was incorrect maintenance procedures which allowed water to enter the angle of attack (AOA) sensors. The water then froze in flight, rendering the sensors inoperative and thus removing the protection they provided from the aircraft's flight management system. The primary cause of the accident was that when the crew attempted an improvised test of the AOA warning system (which was not functioning due to the blocked sensors) they lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft's computers received conflicting information, and completely disconnected. This led to all automation built into the aircraft's systems to deactivate. Since the pilots were likely relying on the computer to optimize the aircraft to climb, and it didn't, the crew was unable to recover from the dive.[15] The crew was unaware that the AOA sensors were blocked, but they also disregarded the proper speed limits for the tests they were performing, resulting in a stall. Five safety recommendations were made.[16] -- mostly human error, partly design flaw. But it should not have got into DIRECT LAW at any time...
the aircraft, while on autopilot, lowered the nose into a descent reaching 4000 fpm. The uncommanded pitch-down was caused by two angle of attack sensors that were jammed in their positions, causing the fly by wire protection to believe the aircraft entered a stall while it climbed through FL310. The Alpha Protection activated, forcing the aircraft to pitch down, which could not be corrected even by full stick input. The crew disconnected the related Air Data Units and were able to recover the aircraft.
Through 2013, the Airbus A320 family has experienced 0.14 fatal hull-loss accidents for every million takeoffs, and 0.24 total hull-loss accidents for every million takeoffs; this is one of the smallest fatality rates of any family of jets included in the study..
Mostly human error, a couple of probe jams.
Not so bad, is it?
