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Printed page Front matter. PDF page 18.

systematic errors as well as data spikes, and the ADIRU generated a fault message and flagged the output data as invalid. Once the failure mode started, the ADIRU's abnormal behaviour continued until the unit was shut down. After its power
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receiving system could detect when a source system either stopped providing data, or flagged its output data as invalid (Table 2). If a source system (such as the ADIRUs) provided incorrect data to a receiving system (such as the EFCS
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Qantas 72

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crew selected the switch to the CAPT ON 3 position at 0443:45. In addition, if ADIRU 1 flagged one of its output parameters as ‘invalid' (section 1.6.8), then the FDR recorded that parameter from a different ADIRU. This switching was
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on both the FDR and QAR throughout the flight after 0440:26, indicating that ADIRU 1 flagged most of its ADR output data (including the data spikes) as valid. The presence of spikes for all IR parameters on the QAR
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3.8.2 Detected failure. Any failure where the ADIRU flagged its output data as invalid, or there was a complete cessation of output data. Undetected failure. ‘Any failure which can result in incorrect data transmission on one or severa
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