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  • In Test of Boeing Jet, Pilots Had 40 Seconds to Fix Error

    03/26/2019 5:36:42 AM PDT · by C19fan · 40 replies
    NY Times ^ | March 25, 2019 | Jack Nicas, James Glanz and David Gelles
    During flight simulations recreating the problems with the doomed Lion Air plane, pilots discovered that they had less than 40 seconds to override an automated system on Boeing’s new jets and avert disaster. The pilots tested a crisis situation similar to what investigators suspect went wrong in the Lion Air crash in Indonesia last fall. In the tests, a single sensor failed, triggering software designed to help prevent a stall.