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AIN 2013 Cockpit Avionics: Technology for the pilot’s sake

Universal Avionics, which was an early adopter of synthetic vision technology on its EFI-890 display, offers pilots an exocentric view that is also an accurate representation of the aircraft’s attitude. Could such a view help show that the aircraft is in a stall? (Photo: Matt Thurber)

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

January 1, 2013

AIN 2012 Cockpit Avionics

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What if technology could help pilots recover an airplane when it is clear (to the software) that the pilot’s actions are trending toward an accident?

Consider the Air France 447 and Colgan Air 3407 accidents. In the Air France accident, the Airbus A330 stalled into the ocean from cruise altitude, following icing of the pitot sensors. The consensus is that the pilots just needed to move the control stick forward to unload the wing and the Airbus would have resumed flying. In the Colgan accident, the pilots failed to add power after their Dash 8-400 slowed while leveling off during approach. The Dash 8 was on autopilot, and the autopilot kicked off when it reached a limit, handing the pilots an airplane that was about to go out of control. Investigators concluded that the captain reacted incorrectly, and the Dash 8 stalled and crashed.

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