Asiana Crash Pilots Overreliant on Automation, NTSB Says
Source: Bloomberg
By Alan Levin Jun 24, 2014 10:46 AM ET
Pilots of the Asiana Airlines Inc. (020560) plane that crashed in San Francisco last year relied too much on cockpit automation they didnt understand, an investigator said at the start of a hearing to establish the accidents cause.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board today is discussing recommendations to address how flight crews interact with the computerized systems of modern airliners, acting agency Chairman Christopher Hart said in opening remarks.
The more complex automation becomes, the more challenging it is to ensure that the pilots adequately understand it, he said.
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The pilots mismanaged their approach to the airport, failed to notice the deteriorating speed and lights near the runway showing they were too low, and then didnt to abort the touchdown, which they were trained to do in such circumstances, according to the NTSB.
Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-24/asiana-crash-pilots-overreliant-on-automation-ntsb-says.html
The hearing is being webcast right now. At the same time, the IRS is being grilled by the House, so it's a wealth of videos at the moment. I think you can view the NTSB hearing via podcast later on. All this technology has me baffled.
Board Meeting: Crash of Asiana Airlines flight 214 in California
Another link, this one to a trade magazine: NTSB points to pilot error in Asiana Flight 214 crash
alp227
(32,065 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)rickford66
(5,530 posts)"GLIDE SLOPE" , "TOO LOW TERRAIN", "TERRAIN TERRAIN", "PULL UP PULL UP WOOP WHOOP", "OBSTACLE OBSTACLE" These I remember from flight simulation of GPWS and EGPWS. They may not all occurred or even in this order, but at least one of them had to have occurred. My apologies to the pilots out there. Most of you take your training very seriously and in my experience are very insistent on every detail of a simulator to be accurate. We had one crew write up the nice controls with no wear. Too new looking for a 727. This was back in the 80's of course.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)The airline is not going to walk away unscathed both in terms of blame and financially. I believe there is a limit on how much passengers can get from an airline based on either injury or death. The rest is going to come from lawsuits.
Mosby
(16,383 posts)So the issue is licensing.