Posted on 03/11/2019 1:07:59 PM PDT by Magnatron
The Boeing 737 MAX, the type of plane involved in a deadly crash in Ethiopia over the weekend, is still airworthy and the Federal Aviation Administration plans to issue a notice to the international aviation community later Monday, a person familiar with the matter said.
"The FAA continuously assesses and oversees the safety performance of U.S. commercial aircraft," the FAA said in a statement. "If we identify an issue that affects safety, the FAA will take immediate and appropriate action."
Aviation officials in China and Indonesia ordered domestic airlines to ground their fleets of the popular Boeing single-aisle planes after the deadly crash of one operated by Ethiopian Airlines on Sunday. The 149 passengers and eight crew members on board were killed when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
The incident was the second deadly crash of the new Boeing planes in less than five months. A Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged into the Java Sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta in October, killing all 189 people on board.
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It's "airworthy" but not "safe" at the moment.
For the return trip, the plane was grounded for some unspecified reason, and we got off the ground three hours later on a different 737 Max.
I had a return flight from Denver this week that had me riding back-to-back on the MAX. I changed my reservation today.
Nope.
Not yet.
Are they using Windows 10 ?
Hmmm.......Jakarta, Indonesia........Ethiopia...........Hmmmm..........there must be a connection...............
Good, let the FAA fly in them
Windows NT. They’re looking for the Win 7 upgrade next year. 10 is out of budget.
Are they using Windows 10 ?
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Sounds good. Then I’m sure the FAA wouldn’t mind chartering one and flying to 50 airports around the USA to hold some quick press conferences.
Yeah there is a connection, they were both brand new planes Max 8 737s, both on the first flight of the day, both crashed in the first few minutes of that flight (13 min Lion air, 6 min Ethiopian) Both had a new anti stall software. Both planes showed a battle to hold altitude with constant violent changes in rate of climb and descent.
Boeing has a problem with this new change to the 737 and better fix this fast even if it is only a matter of training.
The planes may not be the problem.
Sounds like Boeing hasn’t debugged their software.
Fly-by-wire can be a deadly mistake...................
Why do you ask?
a discount indonesian airline. ethiopian airlines.
blaming boeing seems a little, er, shortsighted.
You get it!
a 737 max probably takes off every few minutes. diagnosing this on the basis of almost no knowledge from your armchair is just pretentious and dumb.
Just read on MSN that witnesses claim to hear a loud bang and looked up to see flames and debris coming from the aircraft before it crashed. It said the flight tracker only showed one drop in altitude but that drop would have been close to surface elevation. Pilot reported he needed to return but never made it.
I curious as to if any incidents have taken place on US airlines, and what were the actions taken.
True that there aren’t any MAX-8 simulators.
But I suspect that there is a problem in the software reading the inputs from only 2 AOA sensors, computers can get confused deciding which one is correct, and a third and you go with the 2 that are in agreement. (BTW Airbus uses 3 AOA’s)
The FAA’s opening position always is that until there’s evidence to the contrary, it’s always pilot error.
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