looks like initial reports on that crash state that the Angle of Attack sensor may have been relaying incorrect data that the plane ascent was too steep - causing the plane computer to trim then tail and alert the pilots. Pilots may have over corrected
Boeing May Have a Problem
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I saw that this morning on Good Morning America. They also said Boeing is not correcting the default in the sensor, just telling pilots to refer to the manual when that happens. WTHeck?!!!? (Checking the type of plane used this weekend and on my next trip as we speak)
There are plenty of backup airspeed sensors in the new 737Max. Just because the Captain loses his primary airspeed indication shouldn't cause him to stall the airplane, which sounds like what happen here. I haven't read the report though.
There are checklists to guide you through a failure like that so you can get it to an airport and have it fixed.
There are checklists to guide you through a failure like that so you can get it to an airport and have it fixed.
Read that the pilot tried to manually pull the plane up but eventually the autopilot superseded him.
That's when you disconnect the AP and manually fly the jet.
Anytime I see one of these threads, I start scrolling until I see @F4Gary
On all the commercial jets that I flew, one of the emergency procedures was for "Runaway Trim". It can be insidious (slow) or holy crap! (fast). Sounds like one of the Angle of Attack computers, not the same as nose position, thought the airplane was stalling and started automatically running the nose trim down.
I'm not that familiar with the 737Max, but the article I saw said you can disconnect and trim manually.
I'm not that familiar with the 737Max, but the article I saw said you can disconnect and trim manually.
Man I was really hoping the 737 Max would be a good plane. It has super quiet LEAP engines. I live under an airport flight path and was looking forward to quieter times over the next few years as these things started taking over the sky’s.
It is a good plane. It's still a 737. Not so sure about those new engines though.
