After the crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia, the US investigators appear to be focused more on the automatic control system. A media report according to the automatic delivery, as the plane hit.
On the ground, 737-Max aircraft to Southwest Airlines in California parked –
The automatic flight control system, MCAS, is the so-called trimming system, had been before the accident in Ethiopia on, reported the “Wall Street Journal”, citing a not-yet-publish the final draft report to the disaster. The investigators therefore relate to the analysis of the flight recorder.
Pilots are powerless against technology
It is, according to the report, the most significant indication that a malfunction in the trim system, had led to the crash of a Boeing machine in Ethiopia and in Indonesia. The investigations are not yet completed.
The MCAS System is designed to compensate for possible difficulties by the larger engines of the Max-models compared to earlier versions of the Boeing 737. In climbing flight, the System should actually prevent pilots pull the nose of the aircraft unintentionally so high that it comes to the demolition of a dangerous flow to the wings. In this case, the MCAS-technology engages independently in the control of the Elevator and lowers the nose of the aircraft. It is suspected that the System cases, in both of the misfortune of the machine against the will of the pilots down and squeezed.
Official publication of the report, expected next week
10. March was crashed for the second Time, a new Boeing 737 Max, this time of Ethiopian Airlines,. In the case of the accident in Ethiopia 157 people were killed. The Ablsuf resembled the crash of a 737 aircraft from Lion Air in October in Indonesia, the all, 189 people were on Board to the victims. Both misfortunes machines were moved up to the Start with a very irregular trajectory and speed of flight, and then uncontrollably dropped.
Officially a first preliminary report on the black-box evaluation of the Ehtiopian Airlines plane is to appear next week, reports the Reuters news Agency.
Software Update and that’s it?
Boeing has a Software Update for the MCAS System announced, as well as previously, to the absence of training for the pilots. The aircraft manufacturer hopes to get a release for the now the world’s locked, for the group of important model. For the best seller, the Boeing has pending orders of more than half a trillion dollars. However, the first Airlines to revoke their orders, on the ground that the passengers had lost confidence in this model.
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