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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Apr 4, 2019, 08:59 PM Apr 2019

Additional software problem detected in Boeing 737 Max flight control system, officials say

ADDIS ABABA, Ethi­o­pia —The pilots of Ethio­pian Airlines Flight 302 performed all the procedures recommended by Boeing to save their doomed 737 Max 8 aircraft, but could not pull it out of a flight-system-induced dive, a preliminary report into the crash concluded Thursday.

In a brief summary of the much anticipated preliminary report on the March 10 crash, Ethio­pian Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges told reporters that the “aircraft flight-control system” contributed to the plane’s difficulty in gaining altitude from Addis Ababa airport before crashing six minutes later and killing all 157 on board.

She said the crew “performed all the procedures, repeatedly, provided by the manufacturer but was not able to control the aircraft.”

“Since repetitive uncommanded aircraft nosedown conditions were noticed in this preliminary investigation, it is recommended the aircraft flight-control system related to the flight controllability be reviewed by the manufacturer,” she said.

As in the aftermath of a Boeing 737 Max 8 crash in Indonesia in October, attention in the Ethio­pian Airlines crash has been zeroing in on a flight-control system known as the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS, which pushes the nose of the aircraft down to avoid a midair stall.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/additional-software-problem-detected-in-boeing-737-max-flight-control-system-officials-say/ar-BBVBQQo?li=BBnb7Kz

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Additional software problem detected in Boeing 737 Max flight control system, officials say (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2019 OP
But Mitch's wife said they were safe. SHRED Apr 2019 #1
I recommend that they both take a flight on one of them malaise Apr 2019 #2

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