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The MCAS be dammed but who was flying the ill-fated Ethiopian B737Max?
Who was flying the ill-fated ET302 B737 Max and using which flight parameter reference? the interim investigation report fails to address these...
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ET302, Pilots on a wing and a prayer: mindFly
ET 302 took off from Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia on 10th March 2019 and 06 minutes into the flight met with an accident. The aircraft was the Boeing's latest addition to the B-737 series, the B-737 8Max. The infamous MCAS(software) was to have played a role in the accident and nations all over the world, fearing the safety of the traveling passengers, banned the aircraft flying in their airspace. It soon became a world wide ban, thus grounding the MAX fleet. I will not critique on the crew action or inaction because their behaviour will need to be analysed in great depth after more details are released. Download the Preliminary investigation report ET302 10 Mar 2019 Boeing 737 has had rudder design issues in the 1990's when there were a series of accidents involving United, US Air and Silk Air. Read my blog on A question of Safety or Ethics:Boeing 737 mindFly . Boeing was quick to respond to it and wanted the editors to take the blog down but the evidence was over bearing and the blog survived.
... How is the Ethiopian Airline accident different from Lion Air: mindFly
The Ethiopian Airlines accident on 10th March 2019 was the 2nd B-737 Max accident in 4 months. This created a public outcry about the safety of Boeing 737 around the world and given the fact that Boeing had not been forthcoming in its disclosure of the new software, MCAS.All countries flying the B-737 had to ground the aircrafts flying in their airspace and the last but not the least the FAA very reluctantly followed suit. Every one tried to draw similarities between the accidents stating that the flight profile was similar and that both the aircrafts nose dived shortly after takeoff. For the first time in the history of aviation that the entire fleet around the world had been grounded on the basis of public perception and without any evidence. This also showed the lack of trust that the regulators of all the countries had with FAA and Boeing.
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ET302 takeoff roll could have answers to the cause of accident: mindFly
In my opinion the primary cause of the ET302 accident lies in the take off roll , the final nose dive could have been caused due to structural failure of the elevator and in an extremely improbable case, the infamous MCAS would have had a role to play. All aircrafts are loaded with passengers, cargo and fuel and maintained within limits of the centre of gravity so that a safe takeoff, airborne segment and landing is carried out. Based on the weight and balance of the aircraft and the airport/runway and environmental conditions, the flight crew calculate how fast the aircraft needs to roll on the runway (speed) and how much engine thrust needs to be generated in order to accelerate with the given mass and other conditions to allow the wings to generate lift from the air mass flowing over the wings. All these parameters have to keep the aircraft takeoff roll within the runway length and after getting airborne keep clear of the obstacles like hills, buildings etc. around the airport.
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