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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