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FAA issues emergency Boeing 737 Max airworthiness order
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency order addressing the risk that faulty angle-of-attack inputs could cause Boeing 737 Max horizontal stabilisers to put the aircraft into a difficult-to-control dive. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
and this is not bad design / software etc?
Agree. Wouldn't you think that by now software engineering would have a deep knowledge base of known issues, interactions and outcomes.
Stab trim runaway still possible with the a/p disconnected?
Yes. It can be controlled by the autopilot and manually. Either way faults can cause a runaway.
Thank you.
goodness! since the 737 is one of the most widely used aircraft around by many airlines, I would hope the faa would recognize and address an emergency issue..