Check out SAN on Google Earth, not Google Maps satellite view, Google Earth. Notice anything missing? No planes. Not a single one at the terminals. There's lots of planes at LAX, SFO, or ORD and seemingly other airports. But I don't remember a time recently where you'd have not a single parked plane...
Jump to post[photoid][/photoid] Calhoun pretty much saying that if US pilots were flying the accidents would not have happened. This always seemed like such a dead end argument for Boeing. They’re essentially saying that they’ve built their planes such that you need exceptionally well trained pilots to avoid a ...
Jump to postMy question is Could it have been avoided had one of the victims strongly objected to flying in the very bad weather? I mean yeah, if Kobe said he didn't want to fly they wouldn't fly... he was paying. But the Pilot in Command is in command for a reason: you trust them to make those decisions. I to...
Jump to postNew York Times today released a video "visual investigation" up where they go through what they think happened. It's interesting:
https://youtu.be/tcFn6KsxOgo
I often think the same thing, but I think we just have to remember that nowadays, video is EVERYWHERE.I often have to remind myself when researching an event from more than a just a few years ago how rare it was to have video of everything until recently. Agree. In fact how strange would it have be...
Jump to postOps Group, a service/site for commercial pilots wrote a piece saying that pilots should assume that it was shot down for risk assessment purposes. It gives as evidence the photos of the plane with what appear to be shrapnel holes: https://ops.group/blog/risk-assessing-iran-ops-the-uia-737-may-have-b...
Jump to postYou guys see this video yet of the plane on fire before it hit the ground?
https://twitter.com/bahmankalbasi/statu ... 00161?s=21
CO953 wrote:
Thank you. Yes, confirmed, as I had feared, the pilot was indeed my cousin. So sad also because his dad is a die-hard LSU (Louisiana State University) fan, and his grandpa played for LSU in the '30s.
I've noticed that most propeller small plane crash accidents are twin engine instead of one, why is this ? and it happens quite often. Something is not right with these planes. The numbers don't support what you're feeling. More single engine (general aviation) aircraft go down every day than multi...
Jump to postNews report said fog with 0.25sm visibility at the time of the accident. That’s pretty dense soup on take off. Speculation of course but not hard to imagine spatial disorientation immediately after rotation.
Jump to postThat's not mocking. He wasn't mocking you, he was reasonably polite about it as far as the internet goes. It was an extremely politely presented differing opinion. How that turned into mocking is beyond me When one party makes 10 or so well laid out points and then the other party responds poking a...
Jump to postThe GE9X is the mist ambitious engine ever. It is a full generation ahead of anything else. So delays are a risk of that level of technology. Lightsaber Could you expand on that? I echo Zekes remarks to be honest. I see nothing substantially new or ground breaking??? I like how people who don't und...
Jump to postBjorn of Leeham has an analysis which he guesses that the bad landing was caused by a pilot induced oscillation partly because the crew were inexperienced with flying the plane when in Direct Law.
https://leehamnews.com/2019/05/10/bjorn ... o-airport/
I will never forget the time I was a kid flying on a Republic DC-9. There was a horrible sound coming from the back of the plane. Apparently a guy went into the bathroom and lit a cigarette. Then he tried to break the smoke detector by bashing it with his shoe! If I recall, he was arrested for it. ...
Jump to postWhat if it was made illegal to bring bags down an inflated slide, and this was mentioned as part of the cabin safely announcement? Human behavior is strange, people hearing this over and over might cause it to sink in, may cause people to want to avoid the shame of being charged criminally for this...
Jump to postWhat if it was made illegal to bring bags down an inflated slide, and this was mentioned as part of the cabin safely announcement? Human behavior is strange, people hearing this over and over might cause it to sink in, may cause people to want to avoid the shame of being charged criminally for this,...
Jump to postInteresting aside from that FlightGlobal article from the original poster. It says "with the 787, Boeing developed a global supply chain, shifted major systems production to suppliers and expanded aftermarket offerings. Such changes, however, shifted aircraft program value from Boeing to suppli...
Jump to postThe curfew violations are ridiculous and unconstitutional. Shame on big government for restricting free commerce. Where in the constitution does it forbid municipalities from placing such restrictions? It seems that the term “unconstitutional” is this century’s version of calling someone a communis...
Jump to postHow common is severe turbulence? I'm looking at a map for today and there is a lot of red and purple at several altitudes. But anyway I'm finding ways to cope with turbulence. However I'm struggling too with the thoughts of the worst case scenarios such as something happening mechanically with the ...
Jump to postSure, but there are strong indications that in the ET accident things (manual pitch trim) stopped working even within the flight envelope. No, the evidence doesn't tell us that. You're taking a guess, possibly because it fits your conclusion. As you can see in ALL of my posts, I continue asking que...
Jump to postHe totaled a perfectly good plane and put people's lives at risk, and people got injured. He could have a boat or underwater pier something. Simulations show if he did everything perfectly he could have made a runway and that plane would still be flying today. So apply the same standard to him. It ...
Jump to postNeither Max crash was was a Kobayashi Maru like many other crashes pilots have faced. Japan 123, Critter 592, Swiss 111.........and so many others. Both of these crashes happened to flyable aircraft had the crews made proper inputs and decisions. You're like the guy in that Sully movie who is like ...
Jump to postNeither Max crash was was a Kobayashi Maru like many other crashes pilots have faced. Japan 123, Critter 592, Swiss 111.........and so many others. Both of these crashes happened to flyable aircraft had the crews made proper inputs and decisions. You're like the guy in that Sully movie who is like ...
Jump to postI like how people are saying they should have prevented the overspeed because they should have predicted that manually trimming at high airspeed would be very hard to do, when Boeing themselves - even after 1 crash - did not predict this could happen.
Jump to postThey dont have to reduce throttles so much to enter a descent. As I said, they were in a 2000 fpm climb. Pull the throttle back until level off. And, there wouldn't be a need to turn trim on and off repeatedly. Turn it back on, trim it all the way to where needed, turn it off. There is no limit to ...
Jump to postMeaning reduce thrust, reduce airspeed, maybe gain some ability to move the trim wheel manually. It would appear they chose to re-engage electric trim to try and reduce control forces. Which I am ok with, but they didnt follow thru and actually move the trim any useful amount. Why? They probably we...
Jump to postYou guys are saying REDUCE AIRSPEED like it's a given. So how would one reduce airspeed in the current situation? Speed brakes, flaps, landing gear... Not saying they had a way out of the situation, but as for this specific question, yes, there are ways to reduce airspeed in an airliner besides jus...
Jump to postSo to sum up the key action of the pilots as compared to the checklist. - They did trim up to counter the MCAS movement before hitting the trim cutout switch. - They did try to use manual trim as the procedure states when they still couldn't control the aircraft. - Manual trim didn't work. What exa...
Jump to postAnd that was a 737NG sim? Also, video is now unavailable. Can't access that video either from my location (Netherlands). Why do I have this feeling that mighty Boeing legal is hard at work here? Free speech anyone? I've watched it but the video is now showing as unavailable, very interesting.. The ...
Jump to postWSJ has been briefed on the preliminary ET302 report, not great for Boeing as pilots did initially follow the new Boeing MCAS drill but they still couldn't get the plane to clmb so they flipped the electric trim motor back on and the rest is history The pilots on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 initi...
Jump to postAn interesting theory from Leeham News and Comment as to what contributed to the crew losing control of the aircraft's as the aircraft entered its final dive. Well worth a read. https://leehamnews.com/2019/03/22/bjorns-corner-the-ethiopian-airlines-flight-302-crash-part-2/ Very interesting. Might n...
Jump to postSorry. No it doesn't. Absent any other context I wouldn't necessarily trust the Ethiopian authorities either (you're right ET is a state owned monopoly). But I think you're probably going to end up eating crow here when it turns out they were largely accurate. International authorities handed over ...
Jump to postAhh ok, perhaps I'm incorrect then. I've read elsewhere: "Boeing sells an option package that includes an extra AoA vane, and an AoA disagree light, which lets pilots know that this problem was happening. Both 737MAXes that crashed were delivered without this option." I also read that most...
Jump to postNew from NYT, confirmed what was mentioned a while ago: Boeing charged as an optional extra a 3rd AOA sensor and a disagree warning light in the cockpit. "Boeing will soon update the MCAS software, and will also make the disagree light standard on all new 737 Max planes, according to a person f...
Jump to postI took the Metro from downtown to LAX 18 months ago because I had the time, wanted to experience it for myself and didn't want to spend cash on an Uber. I had low expectations but the experience was even worse. What a joke. And to think, they aren't even bringing the train directly to the terminals...
Jump to postWhat's the concern about using rubber tyres? It's not like their steel counterparts don't need maintenance. Only ONE poster made a comment regarding ''rubber tyres'' and no one responded to his post so therefore I don't think that anyone has a concern over ''rubber tyres''. The same system is used ...
Jump to postI just watched the footage of the funeral ceremony, and it includes the interview of the Captain's parents as well as other crew members' relatives. Expression of grief at wakes and funerals in Ethiopia is quite open and heavy. The funeral was attended by grief stricken crew in uniform, and if you ...
Jump to postWow that post just blew me away, we have been focused on the AoA sensor malfunction but we know that in both cases they had unreliable air speed indication from transmissions to ATC what if they unreliable air speed caused an incorrect allowable AoA that initiated the MCAS. You dont know that this ...
Jump to postWhoa, I havent heard this before, that Boeing sells the Max with an option package to have 3 AOA sensors and software to recognize disagreement. The two crash airplanes don’t have this option. Smells like mandatory retrofits may be coming https://twitter.com/trevorsumner/status/1106934415610073091?s...
Jump to postWell the reports don't say that the elevator trim was at the full down stop, just that it was in an unusual nose down position similar to the Lion Air flight. But yes, from my understanding one of the software fixes will be to limit the total amount of nose-down trim the MCAS system can perform. And...
Jump to postAnother great article by Leeham, this time by Bjorn Fehrm, an aeronautical engineer and pilot. https://leehamnews.com/2019/03/15/bjorns-corner-the-ethiopian-airlines-flight-302-crash/ It goes into some technical details of the possible cause(s) and Boeing's proposed fix. I havent read it yet But gr...
Jump to postAnother great article by Leeham, this time by Bjorn Fehrm, an aeronautical engineer and pilot.
https://leehamnews.com/2019/03/15/bjorns-corner-the-ethiopian-airlines-flight-302-crash/
It goes into some technical details of the possible cause(s) and Boeing's proposed fix.
From Reuters just now:
BREAKING: Investigators of Ethiopian crash found piece of stabilizer with trim in unusual position similar to doomed Lion Air jet - sources
I mean... Boeing confirmed it. 'A spokesman for Boeing confirmed the conversation and said Muilenburg "made clear to the president that the MAX aircraft is safe."' https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/12/boeing-ceo-trump-737-max-safe-1218439 Right, as if Muilenburg just called Trump to ...
Jump to postHow can we know what they talked about over the phone? This is reaching the "because Russia" territory. I mean... Boeing confirmed it. 'A spokesman for Boeing confirmed the conversation and said Muilenburg "made clear to the president that the MAX aircraft is safe."' https://www...
Jump to postInteresting new commentary today by aviation analyst Leeham News:
https://leehamnews.com/2019/03/13/comme ... nsparency/
This kind of puff pieces will cause more damage than good. Seriously, blaming human pilots. He’s actually talking about aircraft architecture design around the pilot. Did the world miss the memo? Designs always considered the human element. What has changed? I'm almost positive you didn't read the ...
Jump to postGreat informed article from Air Facts here: https://airfactsjournal.com/2019/03/can-boeing-trust-pilots/ "...What’s critical to the current, mostly uninformed discussion is that the 737 MAX system is not triply redundant. In other words, it can be expected to fail more frequently than one in a ...
Jump to postGood article from James Fallows that includes the complete text of those pilot NASA ASRS reports:
https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2019/ ... ax/584791/
I'm curious how satellite data could even give any kind of information that could be used to make such a decision. It can't. Public pressure. I wonder if they have satellite based ADS-B data for the whole flight and not just the first 3 minutes? https://aireon.com/resources/overview-materials/its-j...
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