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Pilots of doomed Lion Air flight may have been befuddled by safety system
Moments after taking off from Jakarta, the pilots flying Lion Air 610 realised they were losing control of their 737 Max jetliner, the newest, most fuel-efficient and most automated model of Boeing’s mainstay aircraft. (www.scmp.com) Más...
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The Hierarchy works differently in that part of the world. The previous crew should have written up the aircraft as an uncommanded stab trim movement and maintenance should have contacted Boeing immediately for a discussion on this issue on such a new plane. Pilot training plays an important part in this as well, as any uncommanded stab trim movement (especially of over 9 seconds) requires immediate action by manually trimming and/or shutting off the stab trim via the provided emergency stab trim cutout switches. MCAS equipped or not? Did I miss something?
That’s an understatement!
A worrying quote - “What Boeing did was take the pilot out of the loop,” This otherwise pretty-excellent product needs a better owners' manual.
