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To: Red Badger

maybe the replacement will have the possibility to glide to the ground in the event of total engine failure instead of just nose-diving like the 737 Max ...


3 posted on 09/30/2025 6:08:48 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: catnipman

“maybe the replacement will have the possibility to glide to the ground in the event of total engine failure instead of just nose-diving like the 737 Max ...”
Might want to get your planes straight there, mate.


12 posted on 09/30/2025 6:37:38 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: catnipman
maybe the replacement will have the possibility to glide to the ground in the event of total engine failure instead of just nose-diving like the 737 Max ...

That wasn’t the problem with the Max, and any fixed-wing aircraft can glide. The 737 Max didn’t crash because of engine failure, it crashed because of the MCAS software erroneously continuing to trim nose-down, and the pilots not being trained on how it worked (many didn’t even know the system existed because Boeing didn’t describe its operation in the aircraft operating manual).

The Max was a mistake from the start. It’s long past time to create a clean sheet design to replace it.

20 posted on 09/30/2025 7:19:03 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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