tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23884640.post2065575823266392678..comments2024-03-22T03:13:15.710-07:00Comments on Engineering Ethics Blog: The Air France Crash: More Questions Than AnswersKaydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055360323969104129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23884640.post-42976926537139179702009-08-18T23:14:54.010-07:002009-08-18T23:14:54.010-07:00In all kinds of vehicles also planes and choppers....In all kinds of vehicles also planes and choppers. Its better to check everything for the best precautions before drive it. Safety is really important, because you are carrying lives. So it is important to know everything in your vehicle before you drive it.Rådgivende ingeniørhttp://www.3bbb.dknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23884640.post-67916177115282644742009-07-08T11:52:16.018-07:002009-07-08T11:52:16.018-07:00For the last ten years there hasn’t been a technic...For the last ten years there hasn’t been a technical reason why the digital flight recorder data isn't sent in real-time to the ground (see the BBC/Equinox video “The BOX”, 2000, on the flight recorders). During this ten year interval Boeing and Aerospatiale have had the capability of implementing remote aircraft flight recording. Using a remote aircraft flight recorder, with-in a couple of seconds, you have the planes position/location, its attitude, velocity, etc. safely stored on the ground and used for flight safety, aviation security and cost reduction. This data used in real-time could have also prevented 9/11 (see http://www.safelander.com). <br /><br />On June 4, 2009 the Los Angeles Times put this into their LETTERS section:<br /><br />“There is no technical reason why digital flight recorder data are not sent in real-time to the ground. We have the technology to do this. Then, within a couple of seconds, we would have a plane’s position, altitude and velocity safely stored on the ground. This information could be used for flight safety, aviation security and cost reduction. We don’t know what went wrong on Flight 447, but we would sure know where the plane went down, why it went down and possibly could have saved lives.”<br /><br />Telemetering the flight data to the ground in real-time would assure that we have the data - in many crashes the flight data isn't recovered (e.g. 9/11, et al) or has errors in it since no one is looking at it, or using it in real-time to find malfunctions. <br /><br />A year prior to 9/11 I spoke in NY at the International Aviation Safety Association meeting on preventing crashes like golfer Payne Stewart’s decompression crash. Nothing was done by the FAA or industry and we got 9/11 (hijacking is about ten percent of aviation fatalities) and the 2005, 100 fatality, Helios decompression crash. When a plane deviates from its approved flight plan we now have the ability to securely take remote control of it and land it safely at a designated airfield. We presently have remote pilot vehicles (RPVs) flying over Afghanistan that are controlled/piloted from continental United States (CONUS). Currently we are utilizing secure high bandwidth communication networks (for our RPVs, submarines, AWACS planes, etc.) and there isn't a logical reason for not making that technology available for cargo and carrier aircraft. The cost of 9/11 alone is ten times the cost of putting in a safe system and yet nothing has intentionally been done. We would now be accruing additional annual safety and cost benefits.<br /><br />Billions of dollars are wasted on unnecessary airport runway expansion programs to reduce fatal ground incursions. These incursions wouldn’t even occur if the flight data was shared so pilots and air traffic control had better visibility. But because the digital data isn’t shared automatically the pilot sees only a fraction of the information necessary to prevent a crash and the same hold for the air traffic controllers (ATCs). Crashes such as Tenerife (583 fatalities), Comair (49 fatalities), etc. are directly caused by the lack of visibility due to not sharing the DFDR, ATC and airport runway data in real-time. The real-time use and sharing of the DFDR data to prevent crashes is more important then its present post mortem autopsy mode of operation.<br /><br />This, Air France flight 447, is another example of horrific crashes that possibly could have been prevented and saved lives. We surely would be able to use the flight data to prevent recurring crashes of this type and to minimize the anguish of the passengers families and the cost and time of trying to recover the recorders. The data used in real-time: reduces the cost of flying; prevents recurring fatal crashes; prevents a host of fatal crashes that aren’t directly related to Air France Flight 447, and keeps our nation safe and secure.<br /><br />Sy Levine<br /> <br />sylevine1@sbcglobal.net<br />levines@wlac.edu<br /> <br />http://www.safelander.com<br /> <br />Remote Aircraft Flight Recorder and Advisory System (RAFT) patent #5,890,079, 3/30/1999Anonymoushttp://www.safelander.comnoreply@blogger.com