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A comment on Preliminary conclusion MCAS misfired in Ethiopian's 737 max crash. Parent comment

Re:Preliminary conclusion MCAS misfired in Ethiopian's 737 m... by salawat on Friday March 29, 2019 @10:57AM (#19522240)
No, because the air frame would not have been certified for airworthyness.
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Re:Preliminary conclusion MCAS misfired in Ethiopian's 737 m... by linuxftw on Friday March 29, 2019 @12:15PM (#19522930)
That's my understanding. So a simple 'oh we'll just disable it if the readings disagree' seems like a faulty fix. MCAS is required for safe flight. While it may be possible to operate a Max 800 successfully without it, that's not how it was designed to be flown.
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