Re:Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 pilots 'could not stop nose...
by treis on Thursday April 04, 2019 @02:37PM
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>My point is that is that it is appropriate to call out Boeing for their attempt at deflecting blame.
Sure, but that doesn't mean going the other way and deflecting blame from Lion Air and the pilots.
>The pilots apparently did not take an action that _may_ have saved the plane (we now know it may not have).
Disabling electric trim would have absolutely saved the Lion Air flight just like it did when the same issue cropped up on the previous flight. Some speculated (which appears to be incorrect) that the Ethiopian Air flight was in a situation that they couldn't recover from, but the Lion Air flight was not in that situation.
The Lion Air pilots identified that the trim was incorrect and reset it at least 20 times. It's fair to fault them for not coming to the conclusion that the electric trim system was malfunctioning and that they should disable it.
Sure, but that doesn't mean going the other way and deflecting blame from Lion Air and the pilots.
>The pilots apparently did not take an action that _may_ have saved the plane (we now know it may not have).
Disabling electric trim would have absolutely saved the Lion Air flight just like it did when the same issue cropped up on the previous flight. Some speculated (which appears to be incorrect) that the Ethiopian Air flight was in a situation that they couldn't recover from, but the Lion Air flight was not in that situation.
The Lion Air pilots identified that the trim was incorrect and reset it at least 20 times. It's fair to fault them for not coming to the conclusion that the electric trim system was malfunctioning and that they should disable it.