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Preliminary report into Air India crash released

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293 points cjr | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 20:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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comrade1234 ◴[11 Jul 25 23:49 UTC] No.44537976[source]▶
Why can the pilot shut off the fuel during takeoff?
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baseballdork ◴[12 Jul 25 00:06 UTC] No.44538072[source]▶
Fire, probably. But also, how complicated would you make the system if you needed to prevent certain switches from working during certain times of flight? At some point... we're all just in the hands of the people in the cockpit.
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dboreham ◴[12 Jul 25 01:04 UTC] No.44538393[source]▶
I can't put my car into reverse gear while driving down the freeway.
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1. stetrain ◴[12 Jul 25 01:21 UTC] No.44538475[source]▶
There’s no good reason to do that.

There may be a good reason to cut fuel to one engine shortly after takeoff.

You could have a system that prevents both switches being thrown, and only in the specific window after takeoff, but you’ve also now added two additional things that can fail.