So apparently no concerns there. Who cares about any recorder boxes.On Mar 11th 2019 at 19:42Z the FAA announced: "Today, the FAA will issue a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC) for Boeing 737 MAX Operators."
This is not just a software issue, software will not stop the problem if something goes wrong.
The problem is that the MCAS apparently does not disengage unless you are in an approach or change the trim. What I mentioned earlier about the flaps is not ideal at higher speeds and messing around with the trim is the last thing on your mind when it is nosediving.
The problem is that it pushes the stick forwards(nose down) with so much force you can't pull back.
The potential fault in the system is that it can push the plane's nose down "unexpectedly and so strongly" that pilots can't pull it back up even when flying manually
Elsewhere I read that it could require 40kg to pull back !
So unless Boeing confirms that they will build in a hardware full disengage of the MCAS at an applied counterforce of 10 kg or less on the column(this requires hardware), I am not going to travel in a MAX, period
There should never be anything locking up the steering column like that!
This plane is not airworthy when it can't be freely manually flown in an emergency.
As for the 737 in general, it has always been a robust airframe :
... as long as you looked after it well, which Aloha Airlines didn't.
However this incident reminds me of the stubbornness from Boeing and the authorities we are seeing currently and I can remember it on Air Crash Investigations:
Only until it happened again was the case re-opened and the fault found (although already suggested in 585) and solved:
While this flight had the same reverse rudder problem but the pilots managed to save it:
Spooky deja vu here.
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