I remain unconvinced that automation had to play a role in this crash. I can think of many reasons why this plane crashed without MCAS. Is it possible that the crew flew a 12.5 pitch up and takeoff power to react to unreliable airspeed. Then banked the plane to return to the airport and in doing so...
Jump to postThis was no accident, this had to have been an intentional act, at least at the Brigade level. It isn't possible to know if this Brigade commander was ordered by his higher ups to take this action, in fact this shootdown could have been initiated by a "loose cannon" at any command level i...
Jump to postAirbus should try a combi version with fright on the main deck and 200+ passengers on the upper deck. Fly on thin routes with good cargo like Milan/Amsterdam/Barcelona to Asia Osaka/HongKong/Shangai. Otherwise make the 900 and sell mostly to the ME3 and smaller numbers to Asian Carriers like Korean ...
Jump to postWhy are you all stuck up on the captain did it scenario ? Mandala has shown us in a previews post that if it had been a pilot suicide it would've been much more likely the first officer who had reasons to mysteriously disappear in an aircraft accident.
Jump to postIt was revealed in previews threads that the family of the pilot stated that the flight simulator had been inoperative for the prior six months before MH370 due to a Windows re-install issue.
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quote:<br/><i> Revelation post 205 I'm not a WSJ subscriber so I can't comment on any details -- can someone give us an overview?</i></font></td></tr></table> I'm neither...
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Jump to postThe question is: is this a deal to build an aircraft together or is this a deal to transfer technology and get to spare parts for other Chinese aviation projects.
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Jump to postHe's questioning . . . <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LTC8K6" class="quote" target="_blank">LTC8K6</a> (<a href="#70" class="quote">Reply 70</a>):<br/><i> . . . the reason for...
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Jump to postThe new search will start in August. So until then there's going to be little new info.
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