2007-03-25 23:11:54 · 15 answers · asked by aireal10 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
And the Titanic was supposed to be an unsinkable ship.
In any mechanical device of such complexity, it is not possible to completely eliminate risks of failure. They can be minimized through redundant systems, but the risk can never be completely eliminated.
Whoever said that is pulling your chain.
2007-03-25 23:19:17 · answer #1 · answered by Michael T 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That was attributed to Airbus, there's a link to the news article below, so maybe our Airbus man can look Jacky Joye up in the internal directory then drop him (or her) an email and ask for supporting evidence.
It's quality and reliability rhetoric. We used to laugh about the term soldier-proof, a soldier can break anything, nature will always provide a more destructive soldier, it's their job. I think that was derived from idiot-proof and nature's ability to provide a more resourceful idiot.
A number of previous Airbus incidents have been caused by dumb crew behavior, like flying along the runway below tree hight at low speed (Mulhouse Air France) and relying on the side stick controller to apply TOGA power when it is held fully rearwards (it was in India but I can't remember the details, the aircraft achieved a 0 sink rate just as it hit the ground, that would probably have been embarrassing but not deadly if it hadn't then met a 20' berm. If the pilot had reached over and applied power himself they'd have missed it by a hundred feet). So the claim that they can engineer crashes out of the aircraft is naive, but then companies tend to send people as spokesmen who have more of a marketing background, so they can say this sort of thing with a straight face since they have no clue what exactly they are claiming.
When I was designing bits for missiles and bombs we used to have stickers on some cabinets that said "Right First Time", since the cabinets were actually supplied by "the customer" they tended to be around for a long time and provided a soft of unofficial graveyard of quality system rhetoric. Today "Zero Crash Aircraft" may be seen as an effective term for rallying the troops and convincing the buyers, but in the long term it will almost certainly be nothing more than another anachronistic sticker on a retasked project cabinet.
2007-03-26 13:09:08 · answer #2 · answered by Chris H 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I thought the Airbus was a bus that flew in the air. Who knew it was an aircraft?? And who came up with the 'Zero' crash saying. Any a/c will crash if it hits another object....
Oh, wait a minute, Airbus is an import. Okay, now I understand....
2007-03-29 13:09:51 · answer #3 · answered by Leopold 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too bad you guys took my perfect analogy about the "unsinkable" Titanic... but thats exactly what I thought of, no airplane is zero crash... fuel can explode, fuel can leak, all four engines can catch fire, wings can fall off, computers can fail, pilot's can still make errors, gear can fail... not surprising you heard this however, Airbus will lie about anything to sell a plane... One example that comes to mind quickly is the A340... they say it has 4 engines for safety on long haul flights, well then why will the A350 have only 2... its because they needed a ploy to market the A340...
2007-03-26 15:42:26 · answer #4 · answered by ALOPILOT 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i saw on a newspaper (san jose mercury) that the FAA is hesistant on letting the A380 into u.s. airspace. not just because of modifications need to major intl airports...
but because the aircraft didn't meet FAA requirements to have a sufficient number of equipment/failsafes needed to prevent fuel tank explosions
they probably fixed it right now.... there was a heated argument but i can't remember who won...
so how can something be zero crash? it's only going to be a matter of time before a critical part fails or a terrorist crashes it into a building
2007-03-29 19:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by Bao Pham 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is not possible, they said that the Titanic was an unsinkable ship. you can reduce the chances of crashes by adding features and such, but you can never completely eliminate the chances of an aircraft (or anything) crashing.
PS. to the answerer above me, it's obvious that you can have no crashes when the airplane is not even in service yet... it's still in the test flight phase.
2007-03-26 20:39:35 · answer #6 · answered by mcdonaldcj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before I answered, the thing said 9 answers and asked 11 hours ago, 9/11. Coincidence?
2007-03-26 17:42:42 · answer #7 · answered by Dan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to stats it True! 10 built & no accidents, they tested them with success, until one of these babies crash it will stay on zero.
2007-03-26 11:35:49 · answer #8 · answered by luispalma13 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
titanic was "unsinkable", that didnt work out to weel. the a380 can be realiable but not uncrashable.
2007-03-26 07:42:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any sources that can backup this wonderful piece of information?
Launchpad McQuack quote: "If it's got wings, I can crash it!"
2007-03-26 06:26:16 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋