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Re: Global Hawk crash due to deactivated backup navigation
From: Antoine Couëtte
Date: 2018 Sep 27, 12:46 -0700
From: Antoine Couëtte
Date: 2018 Sep 27, 12:46 -0700
Strange !
In long range Aircraft, we keep and use 3 independent Nav systems, which is a pretty reliable way to detect the first faulty one if any. If you only run with 2 systems, then it becomes more difficult in case one fails.
Antoine M. Couette
