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What is wrong with the 737 MAX design?
Preliminary investigations revealed serious flight control problems that traumatized passengers and crew on the aircraft’s previous flight, as well as signs of angle-of-attack (AoA) sensor and other instrument failures on that and previous flights, tied to a design flaw involving the Maneuvering Characteristics …
Why did the 737 fail?
Federal prosecutors say key Boeing employees “deceived the FAA,” misleading the safety regulators about a new flight control system on the 737 Max called MCAS. That system activated erroneously, contributing to the deadly crashes, by forcing the planes into nosedives that the pilots could not pull the aircraft out of.
Did the pilots know about MCAS?
The pilots in the Lion Air plane that crashed in Indonesia last October did not know MCAS existed, as Boeing did not disclose any information about it in pilot manuals or in training material.
Was AoA sensor to blame for 737 MAX crashes?
His statement seems hard to understand given that a defective AOA sensor was clearly involved in at least one and likely both of the 737 Max crashes.
What is an angle of attack indicator (AOA)?
An angle of attack indicator offers a visual indication of the amount of lift the wing is generating at a given airspeed or angle of bank. The AOA delivers critical information visually or through…
What changes are being made to the Boeing 737 MAX?
One of the primary changes being made by Boeing is to link two Angle of Attack sensors to MCAS. This will do nothing to change the fact that the engines of the 737 Max are in the wrong place.
How common are AoA sensor problems on US planes?
It gets worse: over the last five years, 50 flights on US commercial airplanes experienced AoA sensor issues, compared to an estimated 76.8 million flights in US airspace in the same time frame. That is six times above the maximum rate set by the FAA for “hazardous” systems.