Anyone heard of this before with respect to Airbus A-320s ?
I quote Technology news item in –
New Scientist 02 August 2008 Page 25 “Act now to stop pilots flying blind”
“Aviation regulators have been chastised by the US Air Safety watchdog for not forcing airlines to fix a problem that has made the cockpit instruments in some airliners abruptly go blank.
In the Airbus A320, failures of the primary wiring system carrying power to the cockpit have not always led to the backup system kicking in automatically, leaving pilots dangerously distracted as they struggle to restore normaility. This happened on 37 flights up to May 2007, prompting Airbus to publish a modification to the A320’s electrical system.
However, both the European Aviation Safety Agency and US Federal Aviation Administration have failed to insist that airlines install it, the US National Transportation Safety Board said last week. It is urging them to ensure all A320s are patched soon”
Also Flight International 29 July to 04 August 2008 Page 9. “NTSB acts over A320 screen failures”……… 3 out of 6 electronic displays – the Captain’s primary flight display and upper centralised aircraft monitoring display went blank…….landing gear failed to retract, transponder, collision-avoidance system and standby altitude indicator also failed……
Anymore on this topic ?
Airbus A-320s are in production in China and I hope that this problem has been resolved in all new aircraft if it is as the New Scientist states –
http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/07_05_15_A320_FAL_China.html
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July 31, 2008 at 6:59 pm