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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (1128676)4/5/2019 3:40:09 PM
From: FJB1 Recommendation

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locogringo

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Boeing admits 737 MAX software was a factor in Ethiopian and Lion Air crashes

Steve Creedy and Geoffrey Thomas
The West Australian
Thursday, 4 April 2019 11:10PM

Boeing has admitted that new software added to the Boeing 737 MAX was a factor in the crashes of both Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610.

The company said a preliminary report from Ethiopian authorities contained flight data recorder information indicating the aircraft had an erroneous angle of attack sensor input that activated the Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) function during the flight — as it had Lion Air 610. ...
thewest.com.au



To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (1128676)4/5/2019 9:49:23 PM
From: James Seagrove1 Recommendation

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Taro

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Boeing clearly fucked up on this one. The plane has an equilibrium problem and is prone to stall under certain conditions, so the brilliant engineers introduce a fail-safe to allow it to correct itself without pilot intervention. Unfortunately the fail-safe popped into service when it wasn’t needed and refused to relinquish control to human pilots.