Aircraft Automatic Control System Failure and Flight Safety

Mareks Šlihta, Vladimirs Šestakovs, Ramachandran Karunanidhi

Abstract


This article presents a mathematical model estimating the probability of successful completion of the aircraft’s flight in case of aviation equipment failure in flight. This paper shows the relationship between the aircraft’s automatic control system and flight safety. The calculations of probability are made for the successful completion of the flight on Boeing 737 aircraft when the automatic control system has failed.

Keywords:
Aircraft; automatic control system; flight safety; negative factors; probability of failure

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DOI: 10.1515/tae-2016-0002

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