Cricket (warning sound)

A cricket is a type of cockpit audio alert onboard commercial aircraft such as those of Airbus.[1][2] Its sound is intentionally designed to be extremely difficult for pilots to ignore. The "chirp chirp" sound is named after the insect that it imitates.

References

  1. ↑ "Flight Operations Briefing Notes" (PDF). Airbus. 4 May 2005. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "A319/A320/A321 Flightdeck and Systems Briefing for Pilots" (PDF). 8 October 2006.


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