Posted on 03/22/2024 6:51:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
Boeing is facing an investigation into a 737 Max 8 incident that took place last month.
A United Airlines plane was flying from the Bahamas to Newark, New Jersey on February 6. It was delivered to the carrier a year earlier. All 161 people on board were uninjured.
In its preliminary report released Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board said the jet experienced "stuck" rudder pedals.
The rudder pedals let pilots control the plane's yaw, meaning which direction the nose is pointing. When landing, they help keep the aircraft on the runway's centerline.
In a post-incident statement, the flight's captain said the rudder pedals didn't move in response to the "normal" application of pressure, per the NTSB's report. Instead, the pedals were stuck in the neutral position.
It occurred during landing rollout, the phase after touchdown but before the plane slows to taxiing speed.
While on the taxiway, the captain asked the first officer to check his rudder pedals and he reported the same problem, per the report.
The pedals then began operating normally again, the captain said. The Boeing 737 Max was removed from service for maintenance and troubleshooting.
Three days later, United Airlines was able to duplicate the malfunction during a test flight on the same plane. As a result, the NTSB was called in to figure out what the problem was.
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AVIATION PING!.....................
Rudder pedals are overrated...
Rudders are racist.................
Rudder pedals like to grab onto high heels. Just ask Skydancer.
It takes real bad incompetence to ruin the 737. But they did it!
Caused by climate change
Were the stuck pedals connected to the rudder by cable/hydraulics or were they “fly by wire”?!?!
The basic problem is known. It is either (or both) dodgy software code written in India at the lowest cost, or key flight control system components manufactured at lowest cost in Europe with minimal oversight.
I have a lot of flying coming up. I used to always look to see which planes would be made by Boeing... now I’m looking to see which ones aren’t.
Just remember Airbus planes are made in Mobile, Alabama................
The 737 and all of its pre-max iterations was the perfect plane.The demands of fuel economy led Boeing into the trap of “polishing the cannonball.” The same thing happened in the diesel engine business. Caterpillar had designed a very efficient that was extremely reliable (the 3406e). But the government wanted to rub out 10% more emissions which forced design changes that were so radical Caterpillar decided to stop making heavy truck engines altogether. The result of these regulations made the cost diesel engines double, and repair costs and downtime triple.
Wouldn’t want to hire the best and brightest when you can hire a pink haired woke mookabooking lgbt assclown now would ya?
Cables and hydraulics are so overrated.
The 737 had rudder issues 30 years ago! (older model, obviously)
"Damn, they don't pay me enough for this sh**."
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