Videoopptaker i cockpit - Flygerne er imot med god grunn

Nå leser vi at det er "screaming" fra CVR til AirAsia som nylig har havarert. Flygerne var helt fra seg av redsel da de skjønte at det gikk rett vest. Dette skal nå filmes, dersom amerikanske NTSB får det som de vil. OK, filming av instrumenter har ingen verdi fordi alle data er på FDR. Hva skal så filmes? Problemet er at enkelte land gir media lovhjemmel til å offentliggjøre elementer i etterforsking av ulykker, herunder lyd og bilder.

NTSB Recommends Cockpit Cameras on Airlines

Cockpit cameras and improved locator technology are among the recommendations the NTSB put before the FAA Thursday in the wake of investigations including the crash of Air France 447 and the yet-to-be-found Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. Following up on a technology forum last fall, the NTSB reiterated its idea that a "crash-protected image recording system" to capture the cockpit's last two hours of a flight would aid investigations. The agency also wants airliners to have tamper-resistant devices that would more accurately locate an aircraft when it crashes. "Technology has reached a point where we shouldn't have to search hundreds of miles of ocean floor in a frantic race to find these valuable boxes,'' said NTSB Acting Chairman Christopher A. Hart. "In this day and age, lost aircraft should be a thing of the past." The Air Line Pilots Association responded with a statement, calling the recommendations a "premature overreaction ... Cockpit image recorders will not improve safety and could, in fact, impede it by diverting limited resources that could be used for more valuable safety enhancements." Read the NTSB's recommendations here (PDF).