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I don't get one thing -- why didn't the Lion Air pilots just shut off the Autopilot and take manual control of the aircraft?
by m23khan 8y ago
I don't get one thing -- why didn't the Lion Air pilots just shut off the Autopilot and take manual control of the aircraft?
- paulmd 8y agoThis problem specifically only manifests when the autopilot is off. It's designed to prevent the pilots from stalling out the airplane without realizing it, which only happens in manual flight. Enabling the autopilot cuts out MCAS.