Europe says 737 Max won't fly until it completes it own design review

Re:Europe says 737 Max won't fly until it completes it own d... by foldr on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @09:51AM (#19981134)

>American Airlines flight 587

The accident investigation found that the vertical stabilizer was stressed beyond its certified load limits by the pilot's rudder movements.

I can see why people were inclined to blame composites at the time of the crash. But 18 years have passed now, and there was never another incident where an A300 had a structural failure of the vertical stabilizer.

There's a good comment here: https://forums.jetphotos.com/showthread.php?50480-Airbus-Com...

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Re:Europe says 737 Max won't fly until it completes it own d... by rbanffy on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @12:29PM (#19982844)

> vertical stabilizer was stressed beyond its certified load limits by the pilot's rudder movements.

That's something you don't expect to be possible on an Airbus.

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Re:Europe says 737 Max won't fly until it completes it own d... by gsnedders on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @12:31PM (#19982864)

Why not? The Airbus A300 has fully mechanical linkage, and none of the fly-by-wire systems introduced later.

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Re:Europe says 737 Max won't fly until it completes it own d... by rbanffy on Thursday May 23, 2019 @11:28AM (#19992628)

Precisely because Airbus was an early adopter of fly-by-wire systems and envelope protections.

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