Boeing 737 Max8 Aircraft Crashes and Investigations [Part 1] 20

[itsmoked]

Indonesian 737 Max 8 - Splashed

Most reports I've seen mention the aircraft had an 'undisclosed issue' before take-off. Does anyone know what that was?

Surely the crew was in contact and reporting something during the relatively long disaster.

Keith Cress
kcress -

http://www.flaminsystems.com

 

[charliealphabravo]

There isn't anything about the power or size or propulsion of a modern airplane that prevents manual flight control. The 737 elevators can be directly controlled for example. The question is whether you want to trade the family of problems associated with computer assisted flight control with the family of problems associated with full manual pilot control.

 

[RVAmeche]

Which the answer has been overwhelmingly "no"

 

[BridgeSmith]

I don't know much about the flight controls, but I'd imagine manually controlling a smaller plane, such as the DC3 would not produce the same level of muscle fatigue as trying to do the same for a 737.

Anyway, there's a level of automation that has been used very successfully for decades. With properly functioning sensors, even the MCAS has apparently made flying safer, too. However, if the computer can override the controls, essentially overruling the pilots, it damn well better be getting accurate information in order to do so. There should be redundancy and cross-checks for the AoA sensors.

Personally, I think it's a bad idea to let the computer control the plane without the pilots being able to automatically override it by simply taking over the controls. They shouldn't have to try to find the right switch to turn it off so that the computer doesn't crash the plane because it's being fed faulty information.

 

[waross]

Did this problem start when they selected engines that were too big for the airframe?

As far as manual controls, consider the power steering in your car. Manual with power assist.
In the rare event of a failure, (usually partly the result of no attention or inspection for years and a couple of 100,000 miles) You can still wrestle the car to a safe stop.

Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter

 

[waross]

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Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter