mpbarrett Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Interesting article in Seattle times on the problems of the Boeing 737 Max https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/failed-certification-faa-missed-safety-issues-in-the-737-max-system-implicated-in-the-lion-air-crash/?fbclid=IwAR3tAuFBm0DLa_mu0EoSpGJqg2Vgfy2tdh8ihI8-fT5ym8dTI9DvElOTcLg I always assumed the FAA was pretty faultless but it seems they have had to let the air plane manufactures do there own fault analysis.... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterC Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Beta-testing with passengers' lives. But is it really a software glitch ? The 2 Pitot sensors might be giving erroneous signals but working as designed. I know enough fluid mechancs to know it is not a precise science, cannot be computed with precision in transitional flow regions. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeTRacted Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 A lot of serious informed comment from professional pilots here, particularly post 2021 on page 102 of the thread: https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/619272-ethiopian-airliner-down-africa-102.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Thanks for that link. Very interesting. Must say that I was glad to be getting on a A320 rather than a 737 yesterday..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeTRacted Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 A bit slow to start while he describes his career as a pilot ( the technical stuff starts at about 4:45 ) but this is a very clear description of what went wrong with the new system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ts_AjU89Qk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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