Ping. Would you feel safe traveling on one of these?!
It also took it happening two time before they figured out the problem.
Coincidence, you be the judge.
I flew on a 737 Max back in 2019 on a flight from DFW to TPA. It was a nice experience overall. This was all before the first set of issues.
AFAIK - of the 2 crashes of 737-max both were attributed to the automated nose down control.
The other issue, exploding engine, was a design defect from rolls Royce and not a Boeing issue per se. (and didn’t cause a crash)
The electrical problem has NOT caused a crash (and stuff like that in new designs isn’t uncommon)
Apparently the MCAS system was installed because the Max designed required the engines to be moved forward on the wing which in turn caused potential stalls from pointing the nose up to much when lifting off. (or something like that)
Boeing installed the MCAS but didn’t make any reference to it in the pilot manuals or training. Some kind of cost saving thing.
I be3lieve they outsourced the hardware and software of the pressure sensing pitot tube, to Indian companies in a cost-cutting move. In addition, the foreign pilots who crashed do not have the experience needed to counter the software glitch.
That gets less likely every time I read a story like this.
Which has become often. 😨