On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that officials had reached a"preliminary conclusion" that the automated flight-control system had misfired in the Ethiopian Airlines flight on 10 March., which was recovered from the crash site.
The plane's automated MCAS system has also been noted as a potential cause of the Lion Air crash five months earlier.Lion Air Flight 610, also a Boeing 737 MAX 8, came down over the Java Sea off Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board. In that crash, the anti-stalling system, based on incorrect sensor information, had repeatedly pushed the plane's nose down and caused the flight to lose control.between the two crashes, citing preliminary data retrieved from the Ethiopian Airlines plane.
US federal agencies, including the justice department, are investigating whether Boeing provided misleading or incomplete information about the 737 MAX to make sure the aircraft was certified to fly.The company is also under pressure to roll out a software update on its 737 MAX planes in time for the peak summer travel season.
The update will disable the anti-stalling software if its sensors receive conflicting data, ensuring the MCAS will not make repeated corrections when a pilot tries to take control.
Thats a very interesting read is that. Its certainly not a man sat behind a Spitfire engine anymore is it. Fascinated by all things Boeing me.
Oh my, I fly DJI Drones and they can sometimes fail due to sensors or satellite errors, but I never thought that the planes in the sky would ever experience these type of errors and thus fall from the sky.