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Multiple eye witness reports have the 737 trailing smoke and debris and making unusual sounds before impact [1]. That's not the sort of report one would expect

Multiple eye witness reports have the 737 trailing smoke and debris and making unusual sounds before impact [1]. That's not the sort of report one would expect if an otherwise intact aircraft flew into terrain due to some flaw with MCAS. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-airplane-witnesses/ethiopian-plane-smoked-and-shuddered-before-deadly-plunge-idUSKBN1QS1LJ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-airplane-witness...

tossawayonphine 8y ago
My neighbor flys 737 s for a major us airline and he said he was told failure was due to a bomb. Why is this being downvoted?
- chx 8y ago
  Because you are anonymous quoting a second anonymous party who had an unknown tell him it might have been the thing every accident is blamed on early on but it almost never is actually that thing? Also, that thing is heavily used by politicians for fearmongering. Do you understand now the heavy downvoting?
- aaron695 8y ago
  Yes, this seems quite possible and fits well but it's interesting the media is not commenting on this. Or a fire in the cargo. But, you'd think the pilot would have said something more dramatic than "difficulties" if true. "The pilot of the plane reported difficulties and asked to turn back, according to the airline’s CEO Tewolde GebreMariam." The downvotes is because HN can't question the media, they have been fed the BOEING 737 MAX hardware/software story and have to stick with it. It's hard to think critically if it's outside the mainstream. Even though we've seen these hysterias before aka accelerators getting stuck.
frankchn 8y ago
Preliminary eyewitness reports are often fairly unreliable, so I won't put much weight into those. In any case, flames and vibrations can be explained by the engines experiencing a compressor stall [1] due to turbulent airflow or the aircraft otherwise operating outside of its design envelope [2]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQWYhsYfMxE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQWYhsYfMxE (Boeing Training Video on Compressor Surge/Stalls) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressor_stall#Causes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressor_stall#Causes

tossawayonphine 8y ago

My neighbor flys 737 s for a major us airline and he said he was told failure was due to a bomb. Why is this being downvoted?

chx 8y ago
Because you are anonymous quoting a second anonymous party who had an unknown tell him it might have been the thing every accident is blamed on early on but it almost never is actually that thing? Also, that thing is heavily used by politicians for fearmongering. Do you understand now the heavy downvoting?
aaron695 8y ago
Yes, this seems quite possible and fits well but it's interesting the media is not commenting on this. Or a fire in the cargo. But, you'd think the pilot would have said something more dramatic than "difficulties" if true. "The pilot of the plane reported difficulties and asked to turn back, according to the airline’s CEO Tewolde GebreMariam." The downvotes is because HN can't question the media, they have been fed the BOEING 737 MAX hardware/software story and have to stick with it. It's hard to think critically if it's outside the mainstream. Even though we've seen these hysterias before aka accelerators getting stuck.

frankchn 8y ago

Preliminary eyewitness reports are often fairly unreliable, so I won't put much weight into those. In any case, flames and vibrations can be explained by the engines experiencing a compressor stall [1] due to turbulent airflow or the aircraft otherwise operating outside of its design envelope [2]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQWYhsYfMxE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQWYhsYfMxE (Boeing Training Video on Compressor Surge/Stalls) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressor_stall#Causes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressor_stall#Causes