07-04-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com

INSIGHT-How flawed software, high speed, other factors doomed an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX

PARIS/SEATTLE/SINGAPORE, April 8 (Reuters) - Minutes after take-off, the pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX were caught in a bad situation.As soon as the pilots retracted the flaps and slats, according to flight data, a key sensor began to feed faulty information into Boeing's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), designed to prevent stalls.Flying at full take-off power, according to the flight data, the crew then struggled with nose-down commands from MCAS, four aviation
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