Sentence examples for mechanism malfunction from inspiring English sources

China's original "indigenised" design, the high speed rail, had a catastrophic failure in 2011, which was caused by a safety mechanism malfunction.

First the steering mechanism malfunctions.

In the third, Ms. Voigt returned, but the curtain again came down prematurely, when a stage mechanism malfunctioned and Mr. Lehman slid down the raked stage on a pallet into the prompter's box.

In November 1998 the locking pins on a cumbersome and complex switching mechanism malfunctioned, causing the computer that runs the system to shut down power to all trains for an hour and 40 minutes.

Thus, if the mechanism malfunctions, a miscomputation occurs.

Analysis has shown the Hayabusa spacecraft's capture mechanism malfunctioned at the moment it was supposed to pick up the asteroid rock fragments.

In particular, a recent study that specifically tested the "mirror mechanism hypothesis" of ASD found that children with ASD recognize the goal of others' motor acts, a function that, according to the standard interpretation of the mirror mechanism, has to be impaired in the case of mirror mechanism malfunctioning [36].

The findings suggest that the brain's satiation mechanisms malfunction as we age and might help explain why seniors are at greater risk for dehydration.

The control rod drive mechanism may malfunction because of reduction of the electrical insulation of the electromagnetic clutch when the temperature exceeds 180 °C.

Up-regulation in metastatic cells may indicate a compensatory mechanism or malfunction of this pathway.

François Brousse, an Air France spokesman, said several of the plane's mechanisms had malfunctioned, preventing it from making contact with air traffic controllers.