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the defect that caused an Air France A330 to crash in 2009 was well-known by Airbus (as it had happened more than a dozen times on A330s with various airlines), however Airbus did not make any changes to their autopilot system until after there was a fatal crash.

Oct 11, 2022•1 min read

Fun Fact: the defect that caused an Air France A330 to crash in 2009 was well-known by Airbus (as it had happened more than a dozen times on A330s with various airlines), however Airbus did not make any changes to their autopilot system until after there was a fatal crash.

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