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Originally Posted by Itsajob
The data so far doesn’t show that the plane violently pitches over placing the airplane in an unrecoverable state. This decision wasn’t data driven, it was political.
Both flights radioed a flight control malfunction. From what I've heard of Canada's review of the ADS-C tracks, they mirrored one another.
And we know that a single channel AOA failure will result in a false stall condition being sensed, resulting in MCAS running the trim forward.
So, the stall warning is going off, the shaker is shaking and the GPWS is screaming. You've got unreliable airspeed and anywhere from 75 to 120 pounds of forward yoke pressure.
Once past the startle effect, you find a third hand to reach over and hit the pitch trim cutout switches.
Now, one of us is going to have to deploy the little handle and trim
against excessive air loads while we keep the airplane from diving into the ground.
Perfectly safe airplane, I'm sure you'd have
no problem handling it.