Ethiopian plane crash
Discussion
Might be more useful if the thread title said Ethiopian plane crash 
Flight radar24 reporting that vertical speed was unstable
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-47513...
Do they mean the sensor was unstable? or was the plane buffeting around?
Flight radar24 reporting that vertical speed was unstable
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-47513...
Do they mean the sensor was unstable? or was the plane buffeting around?
6th Gear said:
A safety feature that seemingly wasn't needed- when was the last time you heard of a nose up stall causing death? Now 400 people as a result of a redundant safety featureGeorge Smiley said:
6th Gear said:
A safety feature that seemingly wasn't needed- when was the last time you heard of a nose up stall causing death? Now 400 people as a result of a redundant safety featureThe Trident had something of a design flaw where the T-tail would get stuck in the air coming off the wings - thus the elevators didn’t work. If you got into this position, it was very hard to get out of it, even if you knew exactly what was wrong. It’s one of the reasons no one screws the engines on to the back of the plane’s fuselage any more.
AF447 was more about bad data and human factors than the stall. Yes, it was in a stall but that is almost incidental. This system would probably have screwed up as well.
AF447 was more about bad data and human factors than the stall. Yes, it was in a stall but that is almost incidental. This system would probably have screwed up as well.
Edited by rxe on Sunday 10th March 12:33
Eric Mc said:
It was a nose up stall but not caused by the system installed in the Boeing 737 Max.
A Trident crashed in 1972 due to a nose up stall. They can happen for all sorts of reasons.
Yes I’m aware of the different flight systems in that Airbus have ‘laws’ as in normal and alternate and the pilot not realising he was in alt. and when captain came in he said put nose down but tragically it was too late. CRM fail.A Trident crashed in 1972 due to a nose up stall. They can happen for all sorts of reasons.
Is Boeing going the same way with flight controls?
Pommy said:
I don't recall as many crashes for a new released plane as there have been for the 737 Max and they all seem to be happening not long after take off
Yup - I’d guess this could be something to do with the so called safety feature (auto trim?) that forces the nose down if angle of attack indicator is mis-reading.Boeing in the poop now?
They’ll be lawyering up and putting out a robust defence
Edited by alfaman on Sunday 10th March 14:48
David87 said:
saaby93 said:
How many have there been?
This is the second 737 MAX 8 to crash, both of which have killed everyone on board. In the same timeframe, there has been nothing comparable with Airbus A320neo aircraft, for example.2 isnt that big a number.
saaby93 said:
David87 said:
saaby93 said:
How many have there been?
This is the second 737 MAX 8 to crash, both of which have killed everyone on board. In the same timeframe, there has been nothing comparable with Airbus A320neo aircraft, for example.2 isnt that big a number.
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