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Correction on the Ethiopian flight: They activated the trim cutout, were able to regain most control, and then deactivated it, presumably to adjust the trim, t
by kayfox 7y ago
Correction on the Ethiopian flight: They activated the trim cutout, were able to regain most control, and then deactivated it, presumably to adjust the trim, tested that they had trim controls, and then something happened to distract them from trimming it correctly and then cutting it back out.
Had they left it cut out, they would have been able to keep it under control, had they adjusted the trim and then cut it out, they would have been in a decent position to come back and land. It will be interesting to see what the investigation finds about why it was cut back in and then left.