Ethiopian Airlines crash: 18 Canadians among the dead
llama66 @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:59 am
Latest news
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federa ... uries.html
llama66 @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:13 am
Super latest news
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-is ... -1.4333935
Sunnyways @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:16 am
About time.
DrCaleb @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:28 am
We usually end up doing the right thing, after we try everything else first.
llama66 @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:29 am
We should have grounded the broken aircraft immediately.
Sunnyways @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:52 am
If another of those planes had gone down anywhere before our ban I would have joined the Conservative Party.
desertdude @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:50 am
Ironically I just recently binged watch all 18 seasons of Air Crash Investigation or as its know in Canada, Mayday just recently.
The concept is sound for the automatic pitch down attitude to prevent a stall condition. Because there have been dozens and dozens of cases where pilots lose their spatial orientation or get fixated on one task ( tunnel vision ) they start to ignore the obvious which ends up in a crash. The famous Air France Flight 447 for example. The pilots kept the nose up despite losing air speed and altitude until they hit the ocean.
What is shitty is how the Lion Air Crash incident was almost swept under the carpet instead of Boeing thoroughly testing the AOA sensors, finding whats wrong with then and then reinstalling new upgraded ones on all MAX 8s.
And this is not the first time something like this has happened, in the 70s the DC 10s had their cargo doors blowing open mid flight causing crashes, until finally the cargo door locking mechanism was fixed by McDonell Douglas.
Freakinoldguy @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:53 am
Just flashed on the ticker tape. Trump has announced that all US 737 Max 8's have been grounded.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/boe ... index.html
So I guess that leaves Boeing as the sole voice world wide to keep claiming that this plane is perfectly safe and there's "nothing to see here folks".
But it really makes a person wonder why anybody would build a plane car or other conveyance without the ability for the operator to override the computer when it goes full blown HAL 9000 on them?
BTW does this sound a little like Boeing right now?
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Bowman: You know of course though he's right about the 9000 series having a perfect operational record. They do.
Poole: Unfortunately that sounds a little like famous last words.
Poole: Unfortunately that sounds a little like famous last words.
llama66 @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:57 am
Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:
Just flashed on the ticker tape. Trump has announced that all US 737 Max 8's have been grounded.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/boe ... index.html
So I guess that leaves Boeing as the sole voice world wide to keep claiming that this plane is perfectly safe and there's "nothing to see here folks".
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/boe ... index.html
So I guess that leaves Boeing as the sole voice world wide to keep claiming that this plane is perfectly safe and there's "nothing to see here folks".
I mean there was nowhere, internationally, those planes could land.
DrCaleb @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:58 am
Perhaps people should have bought the Bombardier C Series instead. 
Robair @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:24 pm
So the black box went to Europe for analysis. Ethiopia refused to send it to the FAA...
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stratos @ Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:29 am
Robair Robair:
So the black box went to Europe for analysis. Ethiopia refused to send it to the FAA...
Can you blame them?
Robair @ Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:04 am
Nope. Boeing operates a little too close and comfy with the FAA / Government...
Robair @ Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:38 am
Boeing shares fall again after news reports question 737 Max certification process
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A Wall Street Journal report on Sunday said that the U.S. Transportation Department was probing the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) approval of the 737 MAX and in particular its anti-stall (MCAS) system.
The Seattle Times separately reported that Boeing's safety analysis of a new flight control system on 737 MAX jets had several crucial flaws.
The Seattle Times separately reported that Boeing's safety analysis of a new flight control system on 737 MAX jets had several crucial flaws.
llama66 @ Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:41 am
Flawed oversight.
https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/economic ... kDJn3Jy8A/