I was reading a very interesting article last night about Kapton, which is used in the insulation material for the wiring of the Airbus aircraft. Some experts believe that failure of this wring may be responsible for some very strange software events over the past few years on the Airbus and may have contributed to the loss of the Air France flight from Rio to Paris a few weeks ago. I learned that there have been at least six major events similar to this on Airbuses over the past two years whereby autopilot has been lost. In most cases the aircrew were able to recover control after a number of seconds and land safely but many passengers have been severely injured through temporary loss of control of the aircraft.
NASA use Kapton on space shuttle wiring and are making the shuttle aircraft obsolete very soon due to this. Kapton has been used on the Airbus for many years and a team stripped down an old aircraft and found that the insulation was extremely defective after years of wear and tear.
I will think twice before flying on an Airbus from now on.....
NASA use Kapton on space shuttle wiring and are making the shuttle aircraft obsolete very soon due to this. Kapton has been used on the Airbus for many years and a team stripped down an old aircraft and found that the insulation was extremely defective after years of wear and tear.
I will think twice before flying on an Airbus from now on.....
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