re: #184 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

If the WaPo article I cited earlier is correct, it seems Boeing did not include a manual override for the fly-by-wire system. So, you’ve got pilots knowing something is very wrong, but having no way to correct the problem. Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all its Boeing 737 Max jets pending an investigation, and I think they all should be grounded worldwide until Boeing fixes the problem. It does not seem to be pilot error or a mechanical failure, but a systems failure.

I didn’t read the WaPo article; the news (radio) was discussing the Lion Air accident and a new(?) anti-stall safety mechanism that Boeing had installed that was activating and that the pilots weren’t able to respond properly. Part of the Lion Air accident was being attributed to a pilot training error? And, that while the there are similarities to the accident from Jakarta to the one from Addis Ababa, too much is still unknown about the second crash.