Ethiopia's insistence that its pilots followed procedures when their Boeing...
SINGAPORE - Ethiopia’s insistence that its pilots followed procedures when their Boeing Co 737 MAX nosedived before a deadly crash, and Boeing’s recent declaration that a new software fix makes a “safe plane safer,” have set the stage for a lengthy fight over the roles of technology and crew in recent 737 MAX crashes.
The Ethiopian Airlines pilots initially followed the advice to shut off the MCAS anti-stall system but later reversed the command counter to guidance at a time when they were traveling beyond maximum operating speeds, according to data contained in a preliminary report released on Thursday and experts on the jet.
That would make the situation harder to manage, possibly accounting for their decision to turn the system back on. The preliminary report indicates the pilots tried to move their wheels together but were unable to raise the nose much at all by doing so. At the time when both pilots were unable to move the wheel, they were traveling at over 340 knots, the maximum operating speed of the airplane and clacker alarms were sounding. By the end of the fatal flight they had reached 500 knots.The plane’s engines were at 94 percent thrust on take-off and remained there for the rest of the flight.
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