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Aussie105

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2. The problem is?

Fri Mar 22, 2019, 05:03 AM

Mar 2019

From my reading of preliminary analysis, the problem is with the anti-stall feature. Location of the engines more forward on the wings than usual is supposed to give the plane a tendency to go nose up all by itself. Sensors in the tail and software counteract this. Failure of the sensor or the software makes the plane nose dive despite pilot intervention.

Question: where is the 'off' switch for the system?

Why can't a simple 'Siri, turn autopilot off' do the job?

Got to wonder though. What are the 'optional safety features'? Does it include one big OFF switch?

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I don't blame them. Socal31 Mar 2019 #1

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