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Bomber Crash Reveals Hazard of Cascading Failures

Steve Scott

Monday, March 17th, 2003

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Loss in Indian Ocean has applications to commercial operations With unreliable instruments and no horizon cues in the night sky, the crew ejected, according to an account of the December 2001 crash of a B-1 bomber appearing in the latest issue of Flying Safety. The U.S. Air Force Safety Center publishes the magazine. The article by Maj. Dan Baker recounts a progression of system losses that may bear on commercial aircraft engaged in extended-range operations (ETOPS): "Shortly after [nighttime] takeoff…

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