https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/boe...rash-1.5082472
https://qz.com/1586385/pilots-of-cra...ded-by-boeing/
New preliminary details coming out this morning. This is big.
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Boeing anti-stall software repeatedly forced down the nose of a doomed Ethiopian jet after pilots had turned it off, sources told Reuters, as investigators scrutinize the role played by technology and crew in the fatal March 10 crash.
A preliminary Ethiopian report into the disaster, expected soon, may include evidence the software system kicked in as many as four times before the 737 Max dived into the ground, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
It was not immediately clear whether the Ethiopian crew chose to re-deploy the system, which pushes the Boeing 737 Max downward to avoid stalling. But one of the sources said investigators were studying the possibility that the software started working again without human intervention.
Now, the investigation has turned toward how MCAS was initially disabled by pilots following a checklist procedure, but then appeared to start working again repeatedly before the jet plunged to the ground, the two sources said.
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I will say this because some on this thread immediately shifted blame on where the incident happened. I am tired of hearing how 3rd world countries have poor safety records, pilots are poorly trained, how every excuse can be used to dismiss a defect as soon as one of the countries involved for an incident is not from Europe or US / Canada. I've been to several 3rd world countries over the years, and my flight experience has been as good or better than seen home (heck the worst situations were US domestic flights).
Less than a year ago a woman was killed from a broken fan blade that threw shrapnel in the middle of a US flight as a result of poor maintenance standards.
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ne-fan-blades/
There's good reason why the planes were grounded once both flights were closely linked (including the FAA based on data), to immediately dismiss incidents to some backwater 3rd world countries pilot and maintenance crews is an insult. Planes don't go crashing down every day, even in 3rd world countries.