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Preliminary report into Air India crash released

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314 points cjr | 2 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. WalterBright ◴[12 Jul 25 03:16 UTC] No.44538994[source]▶
Remember the "surging" incidents where the driver insisted he was stepping on the brake but was actually stepping on the gas?
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2. yard2010 ◴[12 Jul 25 13:39 UTC] No.44541988[source]▶
Remember when the driver pushed nothing but the tesla kept driving or braking?