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by godson_drafty 2608 days ago
This issue of the AOA-disagree warning light keeps getting brought up again and again, which is unfortunate because the presence of such a light would not have saved those 346 lives. Imagine you are a pilot and your airplane's nose keeps getting pushed toward the ground no matter how much you pull back on the stick. You try everything. Now you notice a little warning light 'AOA disagree'. How does that help you, exactly? The lack of this warning light is completely irrelevant. The problem is that they allowed the readings from 1 single sensor to force the nose of the aircraft toward the ground.