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Re:Boeing 737 MAX crash and the rejection of ridiculous data by smadurange on Thursday April 11, 2019 @10:50PM (#19641523)
1. The pitot tubes froze (this was already a known possibility) and this particular plane was scheduled to replace those tubes; 2. When the speed metrics became unreliable, system didn't do anything uncommanded, disengaged autopilot gracefully, notified the pilots and handed control over to them; 3. Stall warnings went off and one of the pilots continued to pull on the stick (this baffled other pilots I heard speak about this too because this is the exact opposite thing to do during a stall) 4. It's clear from their exchanges in the cockpit that this particular pilot was very nervous during the whole thing.

What's complicated about that? I can't see how a computerised system could have helped here. Computer had no reliable grounds to make a decision and it did exactly what it should and what should have neen expected by the pilots at the time.

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