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Input redundancy and disagreement check

Action gated on agreement between independent inputs.

Inputs layerMissing or failed in 1 case (1 ended in harm)Worked in 0Machines: 1

Where it was missing or failed

The third column is what this control would have looked like in that case: the concrete form, not the abstract name.

CaseWorldWhat it would have looked like hereStatusOutcome
Boeing 737 MAX MCASMachinesSingle-sensor dependence; Sensor disagreement check gating activation (absent)failedEnded in harm

Rules and standards that map to it

Strength says whether the rule's text requires this control, implies it, or only recommends it. Draft mappings are the Register's reading, not yet checked by a person, and none is legal advice.

RuleStrengthWhere, and whyJurisdiction
14 CFR 25.1309: equipment, systems, and installations (transport aircraft certification) (draft mapping)Implieda single sensor driving a flight control function failed this standard's intent (MCAS)United States
ISO 21448: safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF) (draft mapping)Recommendedredundancy and disagreement checks are the usual mitigation for sensor limitationInternational standard

Recent signals touching this control

DateSignalKind
2026-10-18Meta: automated protections wrongly took the No Kings Instagram account offline
Meta says its automated protections took the No Kings coalition's Instagram account offline on 17 October after reading traffic that it attributes to a Claude tool resembled a bot, that an automated re-review restored the account about an hour later, and that the removal was an error. Source ↗
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