Re: Say, what?
Non-normal is not explicit here, though it is not refering to non-normal sensing as they stated they will deactivate the sensor so it must just refer to a non-normal AoA. AoA is explained in the article, if the Angle of Attack is too high (elevated) the engine will stall. As for defining what an event is in software try a good intro to programming book. It's using technical not legal language, that technical language might be specific to the industry but its not hard to interpret. The system will only try once to correct the plane, it won't keep on trying or retry if the sensor reading continues to show an elevated AoA so the piolets won't have to fight the system. It is believed that the piolets could not regain control which caused the crash, rather than the system activating at all.
(Why are people misreading this article to create a reason to be mad, Boeing killed people that's reason enough!)
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