12-10-2018, 11:01 AM
So far, the evidence appears to be pointing towards a software malfunction and insufficient pilot training causing the crash of flight JT-610.
Only moments after taking off from Jakarta, the pilots flying Lion Air 610 realized they were losing control of their 737 Max jetliner, the newest, most fuel-efficient and most automated model of Boeing’s mainstay aircraft.
The jetliner unexpectedly pointed its nose down, sending it into a series of 26 dives at less than 5,000 feet.
The pilot pulled back on the control yoke with all his might to bring the nose up, but the plane entered a death dive into the Java Sea. The crash, 11 minutes after takeoff, killed 181 passengers and eight crew members.
The investigators from Indonesia, Boeing and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are examining the role played by software intended to protect against pilot errors that have caused several deadly crashes around the world and whether the crew understood that system.
When the aircraft’s flight control system malfunctioned, the pilots had no clue that flipping a single switch in the cockpit would counteract the problem.
Source: https://ktla.com/2018/12/09/pilots-of-fa...ly-errors/
Only moments after taking off from Jakarta, the pilots flying Lion Air 610 realized they were losing control of their 737 Max jetliner, the newest, most fuel-efficient and most automated model of Boeing’s mainstay aircraft.
The jetliner unexpectedly pointed its nose down, sending it into a series of 26 dives at less than 5,000 feet.
The pilot pulled back on the control yoke with all his might to bring the nose up, but the plane entered a death dive into the Java Sea. The crash, 11 minutes after takeoff, killed 181 passengers and eight crew members.
The investigators from Indonesia, Boeing and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are examining the role played by software intended to protect against pilot errors that have caused several deadly crashes around the world and whether the crew understood that system.
When the aircraft’s flight control system malfunctioned, the pilots had no clue that flipping a single switch in the cockpit would counteract the problem.
Source: https://ktla.com/2018/12/09/pilots-of-fa...ly-errors/