pnichols wrote:That crash was largely human error. The switch to revert to the correctly operating gyro was different from his training, so he inadvertently selected the malfunctioning gyro.
I just watched a show on TV of that famous incident in Central America where a tiny wire leading to/from a gyroscope instrument in a passenger jet was intermittently opening up and finally caused a crash that killed everyone.
pnichols wrote:That is fascinating because your chances of being in a plane crash are very, very small.
My DW has a fascinating grasp of statistics and as a result doesn't fly.
