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IIRC a few 737MAXs fell out of the sky. Clearly there being nothing wrong with the purpose nor concept of MCAS wasn't sufficient to keep the airplane from crash
by ethanbond 5y ago
IIRC a few 737MAXs fell out of the sky. Clearly there being nothing wrong with the purpose nor concept of MCAS wasn't sufficient to keep the airplane from crashing.
- hef19898 5y agoMCAS in itself doesn't seem to have been the problem. The fact that MCAS relied on a single sensor (no idea how that got certified in the first place) and that pilot were not aware of MCAS and how it worked were the problems. The latter was due to Boeing trying to avoid re-training and re-certification of air crew.
- WalterBright 5y ago> pilot were not aware of MCAS and how it worked were the problems If the pilots followed runaway trim procedure, which is how the MCAS failure manifested, they would have been fine. In fact, that's what the other unmentioned crew of a 737MAX did that survived MCAS malfunction and landed without incident. Boeing issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive about the procedure, which the Egyptian Air pilots didn't follow, either.
- bobthepanda 5y agoI thought there were some conditions in which manually adjusting trim became physically impossible (or at least extremely difficult).
- WalterBright 5y agoIf the wheels fall off your car, is the problem with the purpose or concept of wheels, or is the problem with weak axles?
- ethanbond 5y agoErrr... I never said anything at all was wrong with MCAS.