Throttle System News Today

The Alaska Airlines incident shed light on safety issues at the company.

Expectation that the autopilot and autothrottle system would do something for them that the airplane was not designed to do and also a lack of monitoring. >> so what happened? well, one of the pilots unintentionally deactivated the automatic -- automatic air speed control. similar to cruise control in the car. the flight crew failed to closely monitor the planes air speed and then they reacted too late when they attempted to abort landing. now the board said that fat weei -- fatigue likely contr...

Surroundings and issues around the crash itself and what the ntsb is willing to reveal? >> yeah, thomas, this is very much about why the crew of asiana flight 214 failed to notice their air speed had dropped as they approached san francisco last july 6th. whether they truly understood the computer-assist the flight control systems and whether they simply didnt have the skills to land the plane manually. today the korean pilots union suggested boeings auto throttle speed control system had a desi...

Ruled out electronics as the probable cause of that throttle opening, causing that sudden acceleration, the cars to speed out of control. this is what toyota originally diagnosed as the probable cause, that is those large floor mats that were causing the gas pedal to stick and also a sticky accelerator pedal. that appears to be what did cause those cars to speed up uncontrollably. now, nasa engineers did have unrestricted access to a lot of toyotas computer code for that electronic throttle syst...

Largest recalls. you remember the story about toyota recalling a lot of their cars because of brake problems and potential accidents. the "wall street journal" has a story that is proving it doesnt have to do with the cars, it might have to do with the drivers. ashley webster is here on that. >> reporter: imagine hitting the accelerator instead of hitting the brake and getting that wrong. apparently that may be the case. the u.s. government has been looking into this. no official reports will be...

>> camarillo, northwest of l.a., three wildfires are burning near homes sending up huge columns of smoke. theyre reaching right up to some peoples backyard. government investigators in toyota both finding driver error, not sudden acceleration may have caused dozens of accidents. the company says its investigation of nearly 2,000 cases found no problem with the throttle system in the toyotas. drivers who surged out of control might have hit the accelerator when they meant to hit the brakes. and t...

Going wrong and moving people away from the front, that made all the difference in the world. >> at least 37 people were hurt in the crash and now federal investigators are taking up the investigation. laura ingle is here with the latest, laura. >> hi, juliet. national transportation safety board investigators have started interviewing crew members today and injured passengers to get a better understanding of exactly what happened in those moments before the ferry went out of control. the andrew...

Democratic senators are proposing an amendment to the financial reform bill requiring a study of high frequency computer trading. >> malini, thank you. >> a frightening and all too familiar scene at a ferry terminal in new york city today. take a look at this boat. it slammed into a pier on staten island this morning with more than 200 people on board. at least 37 people were injured. this the very same boat that crashed back in 2003. that crash killed 11 people and injured dozens more. and just...

Scientist. it is. solar flares. looking to see if there are solar flare issues or electromagnetic issues somehow short circuiting the software oar contributing to the problems with the throttle system. >> shepard: researchers are looking into electronic technology in vehicles throughout the auto industry. >> right. days of your. take the old study baker there was a cable actually when you would press on the accelerator a cable pulled on the carburetor. you acceleratorred it was very simple. nowa...

Scene moments after a camry veered off highway 69 as a high rate of speed and comforted barbara schwartz. >> she talked about she yelled at her friend to slow down and try to get it to stop. her friend kept telling her it wont stop. it wont stop. >> schwartz died of her injuries,er family believes the cash was caused by a flaw in the camrys electronic throttle system. >> we dont know where the camry started to malfunction. the wreck was that way. the car passed through here. as they pass this ha...