You are thinking of the 737 MAX. The MCAS system was designed to help the pilot know if their angle of attack was too high and the plane was going to stall. The plane would pitch the nose down. Apparently this feature was not automatically trained for pilots overseas if they didn't pay for it. I can imagine it might be terrifying to have the nose be forced down when you weren't expecting it. From what I read the pilots did not disengage the system. There were some terrible assumptions made by Boeing. Over 300 killed.
Thank you, it was driving me nuts, the redid the system and then didn't properly train the pilots before they released them, and they had to ground them while they figured out the flaw, it was a huge monetary loss I believe, for Boeing.
I wasn't trying to make you feel bad. I always think about what they go through. I believe Ralph Nader's granddaughter was on the African flight. Terrible.
You are thinking of the 737 MAX. The MCAS system was designed to help the pilot know if their angle of attack was too high and the plane was going to stall. The plane would pitch the nose down. Apparently this feature was not automatically trained for pilots overseas if they didn't pay for it. I can imagine it might be terrifying to have the nose be forced down when you weren't expecting it. From what I read the pilots did not disengage the system. There were some terrible assumptions made by Boeing. Over 300 killed.
Thank you, it was driving me nuts, the redid the system and then didn't properly train the pilots before they released them, and they had to ground them while they figured out the flaw, it was a huge monetary loss I believe, for Boeing.
and pretty terrible for the 300 dead and their families.
Yes, of course, I should have lead with that sentiment, my apologies.
I wasn't trying to make you feel bad. I always think about what they go through. I believe Ralph Nader's granddaughter was on the African flight. Terrible.