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>> The 737 MAX has been grounded since March 2019 after two fatal crashes and cannot return to service until regulators approve software changes and training pl
by cryptica 7y ago
>> The 737 MAX has been grounded since March 2019 after two fatal crashes and cannot return to service until regulators approve software changes and training plans.
My understanding from the previous wave of news was that two planes crashed because they stalled in mid air because their engines were too large and too far forward and that somehow affected the plane's center of gravity... And the solution is a software update? You can't fix hardware problems with software.
I wonder if this is a trend. First Intel and now Boeing... Shipping defective products and then trying to hack together patches on top.
- jacquesm 7y agoIf you're going to comment in threads like these it would be nice if you familiarized yourself with the material at least at a basic level.
- r3drock 7y agoThey did not stall because of the engines. The plane would be perfectly flyable without mcas, the plane only behaves differently. But in order to avoid recertification boeing decided to tweak the plane behaviour with mcas so that there is no noticeable difference for the pilots. In hindsight this obviously wasn't done right.
- StreamBright 7y agoYou most definitely can fix _certain_ hardware problems with software.