Ethiopian 737 MAX 8 crash
03-10-2019, 12:42 AM
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Ethiopian 737 MAX 8 crash
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 heading to the Kenyan capital Nairobi has crashed near Addis Ababa, the airline said on Sunday morning.
The plane, a Boeing 737-800MAX with flight number ET 302, lost contact soon after taking off at 08:38 am local time from Bole International Airport in the Ethiopian capital, the airline said in a statement.
The plane, a Boeing 737-800MAX with flight number ET 302, lost contact soon after taking off at 08:38 am local time from Bole International Airport in the Ethiopian capital, the airline said in a statement.
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03-10-2019, 03:10 AM
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03-10-2019, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by RI830
Another 737-8MAX. Hope it isn’t the same issue as before.
Boeing is gonna have a serious problem to wrangle.
Article states unstable and excessive vertical speeds.
Sad day indeed.
Boeing is gonna have a serious problem to wrangle.
Article states unstable and excessive vertical speeds.
Sad day indeed.
Boeing has been messed up ever since it relocated the HQ
03-10-2019, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by jcountry
Well, designing a system which relies on only one input, and then hiding its functionality was kind of a big problem.
Boeing has been messed up ever since it relocated the HQ
Boeing has been messed up ever since it relocated the HQ
03-10-2019, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Adlerdriver
Not defending Boeing’s lack of comm on whatever changed on the max in relation to previous models. But there is a proven, Boeing recommended solution to a runaway trim or stab issue that really hasn’t changed for any of the Boeing models currently flying. Turn off the stab cutout switches. If pilots fail to accomplish that step in their corrective process, then isn’t whether Boeing did a poor job communicating about a system change kind of a red herring?
03-10-2019, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by marcal
Not that this is the reason but it’s being reported that the FO had 200 hours. IMO no one with 200 hours should be in a control seat of a transport jet.
As a pax I would want to know if my F/O had a 200 hrs TT.
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