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To: Yo-Yo
I don't remember who it was, you? But someone had a wager with meganC that the MAX would be flying again by January 2020

I don't know if this Boeing Update has been posted but This required software function operates in unusual flight conditions only and now relies on two sensors, activates only once and never overrides pilots’ ability to control the airplane.

23 posted on 11/18/2020 7:19:15 AM PST by WhoisAlanGreenspan? (Keep looking up.)
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To: WhoisAlanGreenspan?
Yes, it was me, and it cost me $100 to FR.

The revised MAX uses both AOA sensors at all times, plus it synthesizes a third AOA reading from the other sensors onboard (air speed, GPS positioning, etc.,) as a cross check. If the two physical AOA sensors disagree, the third synthetic AOA will decide which of the two are closer to the truth. This third synthetic sensor was mandated by the European regulator EASA.

I still maintain that the second Ethiopian Airlines crash only occurred because the flight crew didn't read the Airworthiness Directive that Boeing sent to all MAX operators after the first crash.

Had the Ethiopian crew did what that AD directed, there would not have been a second crash.

24 posted on 11/18/2020 7:43:36 AM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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