Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1990s

Re:Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1... by Lorkki on Thursday March 14, 2019 @03:25PM (#19392628)

Also, I believe the statistic of interest here is incidents per operating hour, not per flight?

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Re:Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1... by organsnyder on Thursday March 14, 2019 @03:28PM (#19392655)

Given that the Max crashes both happened shortly after takeoff, I'd be more interested in a per-flight statistic. But I'm not sure how the industry does it.

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Re:Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1... by Kavenerinds on Thursday March 14, 2019 @04:41PM (#19393475)

The industry/NTSB/FAA generally cares more about flight hours, but I agree with you. Both of these accidents happened shortly after takeoff. I am surprised that no accident has happened during landing.

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Re:Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1... by hopler on Thursday March 14, 2019 @04:48PM (#19393552)

Is the same sensor used the same way in landing?

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Re:Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1... by Kavenerinds on Friday March 15, 2019 @08:54AM (#19399203)

I would imagine so. As long as the pilot wants to control the rudder, that same sensor would be used. What I would like to know is if the MAX has a different setup. I think it'd be idiotic of Boeing to use the same rudder control configuration as the old 737 considering the problems that they had as demonstrated by this post.

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Re:Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1... by marcosdumay on Thursday March 14, 2019 @05:40PM (#19394066)

All of accidents per hour, accidents per operation, and fatality per passenger are relevant.

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