https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...=.4479fb8ad517
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46373125
These articles are from October and November, both blaming Boeing's software decision and that there were no override mechanism to stop the Lion Air plane from nosediving. Instead Boing blamed the reputation of Lion Air and training. Heck even though Ethiopian Airlines is very reputable and could be as safe to fly as Air Canada, because it is from a 3rd world country, people automatically stereotyped. Crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, general public automatically dismisses it, believing these planes are held up with bubble gum
Quote:
That end came after a battle between its flight crew and a computerized control system that repeatedly tilted the plane downward because of a malfunctioning sensor, according to the report.
Correcting the path of the plane would have required a multistep process, something that pilots and other aeronautics experts said may have been difficult to remember and execute during a life-threatening emergency.
Members of the Lion Air flight crew repeatedly attempted to manually arrest the plane’s dive, but the system reasserted itself each time. The crew lost control of the jet, which struck the water at 450 miles per hour, the report found.
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Does that sound like an automated system you want to risk your life on?
How it it go on for 6 months before finally being forced to react after a 2nd crash is beyond me (and Boeing still hasn't grounded the 737 Max voluntarily).
And sorry, I don't trust full automation subject to malfunction over common sense.