My understanding, and it is only from some stuff I scanned, is that to fit the new engines, they had to mess with the front to back balance, necessitating a system that would help the pilot prevent stalls.
Which suggests they made it unstable.
Reminds me of the space shuttle. It is flown by computer. If they actually tried to “stick and rudder” it, it would be impossible for a human being to keep it from crashing.
If I read it correctly, there is a weight problem after you use up fuel.
A reasonable guess is that the center of gravity changes enough to make it unstable.
Overregulation. Amateur Ethiopian pilots. The co-pilot had only 200 flight hours experience. FAA requires 1500 hours to be a commercial pilot in this country.
Wow ... that's big of them.
“President Trump said he was grounding them flights...”
AOC on this news: “I applaud President Trump for his vision in beginning to implement the Green New Deal. Come on, President Trump, just bring ,em all down now,”
Ping!
[ Any plane that is currently in the air will be allowed to land ]
So, no refueling receptacles, eh? (j/k)
The major issue, in my opinion, is TRAINING, something the US airlines have down. Boeing pushed the envelope, trying to keep this as a “ plug-and-play” airplane for airlines already operating 737’s, and compete against the Airbus NEO’s, Without having to add a new type certificate and new training programs, all VERY EXPENSIVE, things to do, requiring separate pilot pools, maint programs, etc.
Operating separate types in the US is like running an airline within an airline.
Anyone old enough to remember the DC-10s dropping out of the skies in the early ‘80s and the quasi-panic that ensued?
Would the design flaw result in the plane being too large?
Long before me it was noted that bad software design can kill people. Very true. The world we live in has its pluses and minuses.
They WILL land whether they are 'allowed to' or not..............
The FAA is going to make a statement this afternoon. Speculation is that a new fact from the crash site has come to light. All previous grounding decisions have been fact free political decisions. The US grounding may be the same.
The two black boxes have been recovered, but they have not yet been read. Ethiopia could not read the data, so they sent them to Germany. Germany cannot read these new type black boxes. Most likely, only the FAA or the manufacturer will be able to retrieve the data. That would be in the US.
Meanwhile, the cause of the accident can only be determined from the examination of the wreckage and from the conversations with the air controllers. The bottom line is that no one knows the cause of this accident. Politicians are hiding under their beds and making decisions based on proclamations from the media, most of whom have Journalism degrees and only know how to find their assigned seat and only if they have the right app on their iphone.
Premature, IMHO.
It looks like to me, they are moving airliners towards autonomous flight where no pilots are needed. This is similar to what’s going on with autonomous auto technology. Right now, the new prototype designs, like MCAS, are in the testing mode where pilots are present to override them when they fail to react to unforeseen conditions. The MCAS failure should be revealed in the data recorder information. If it reveals flaws in the MCAS system, there will be no prediction how long it will take to fix the problem. And the march to reduce airline travel cost with pilot-less flight will continue with people’s lives as the guinea pigs.
That's might big of President Trump. I guess he could have forced them to travel to the International Space Station pending further orders.
Take-off is optional, landing is mandatory...