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Old 16th June 2016, 03:24 AM
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Exclamation ATR72 pitch disconnect warning

The ATSB yesterday issued a safety-triggered interim report after discovering that the risk of inadvertent flight inputs causing catastrophic structural damage is much higher than had been assumed:

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Inadvertent application of opposing pitch control inputs by flight crew can activate the pitch uncoupling mechanism which, in certain high-energy situations, can result in catastrophic damage to the aircraft structure before crews are able to react.
View the interim report at In-flight pitch disconnect involving ATR 72 aircraft, VH-FVR, 47 km WSW of Sydney Airport, NSW on 20 February 2014

A bit disconcerting really considering the number of times I fly the SYD-CBR corridor in an ATR 72 (and FVR in particular)!
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