Posted on 11/02/2018 9:55:17 AM PDT by DFG
They fly other 737s -—not this one.
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Multiple “blue screens of death”. (pardon the pun)
Pilot error.
Boeing allows the pilot to over ride the computer, though.
Airbus does not.
Up until last April, Southwest had never had a death due to an accident in their 47-year history.
“Stephen Wright, an aviation expert at the University of Leeds, told AFP that the faults identified by the transport ministry in the two other Boeing jets were “very minor.” “
SW killed someone on the ground in a runway overrun, IIRC.
Flight 1248.
Multiple “blue screens of death”. (pardon the pun)
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...as mister paperclip pops up while you’re in an uncontrolled spiral; “Would you like help with anything?”
OK, sorry I mistakenly believed what I heard on TV recently.
Somebody on FOX or ABC or some other TV reported said SW and another US major flew the same planes.
Southwest Airlines and American Airlines operate the same new Boeing 737 involved in the fatal Lion Air crash in Indonesia.
Southwest Airlines was the first airline in North America to offer scheduled service on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, with its first flight from Dallas to Houston in October 2017.
Southwest CEO Gary Kelly praised the plane’s fuel efficiency and quieter engines when the service was launched.
“The Max 8 is the future of the Southwest fleet,’’ he said at the time.
Southwest had 23 175-seat Max 8s in its fleet of 742 aircraft as of Sept. 30, and has orders for more.
Thaksn for that info—— I knew they didn’t fly ONLY the MAX,but was unaware that they had any.
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This is what I love about FR. There is always somebody who is an expert on the subject and knows more than me. Thanks FRiend.
“Wouldn’t there be two sets of displays, one for the pilot and one for the co-pilot. My guess is that they are as independent as possible from each other.”
I flew “right seat” in my BILs Cessna Citation X a few months ago. It has the same glass cockpit as the 737s. There are two separate sets of displays showing the same information. There are also the typical flight instruments that are independent and have no computer interfaces. A good pilot would be cross-checking the “glass displays” with the std instruments.
Since automation has become the primary flight method, air disasters have dropped substantially.
I fly a lot, and personally, I get concerned on CRJ flights when the teenager up in the cockpit takes control away from the autopilot early. I'd rather he/she take it at the threshold until their acne goes away.
Fly by Wire problem.
Auto-pilot goes haywire from erroneous input data, pilot takes over but computer sets safety limits the pilot can’t overcome.
Airspeed read as too fast, auto-pilot cuts power, pilot takes over, tries to increase speed but safety limits built into the computer refuses to allow it.
Stalls due to attitude, falls.
Just a guess.
Boeing should completely move out of Renton where libs make the planes.
Wow..... it ain’t yer daddy’s instrument panel
Where’s the altimeter?
Unless Boeing’s design philosophy has changed, the pilot is always able to override the computer inputs by simply “hand flying” the airplane using conventional flight controls The auto throttles are not the autopilot. The auto throttles, if engaged, would sense an overspeed condition and reduce thrust, not “cut power.”
All of your power speculation has nothing to do with “fly by Wire.” Whatever happened will be determined after recovery of the Black, (actually orange) box. (actually a cylinder)
The Airbus someone mentioned will not allow the pilot to stall the airplane. Cheers.
As Dad used to say; the guys in B-17s had leather seats and ashtrays in the arm rests, the B-24, not so much.
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