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Brand new model, 2 fatal accidents in 6 months after Addis incident today. Coincidence? Doesn't look like it, the anti stall system is forcing the planes into a nosedive if they receive any incorrect data on the climb, worrying to say the least. Especially with how many are in the sky.
Hundreds of these planes in the air as It type this. I wonder if FAA will force Boeing to ground this fleet. Disruptions would be severe
The fact that there are hundreds of planes not crashing is pretty reassuring.
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country."
Indeed, but my pilot friends for BA and Virgin are fairly concerned about this, when normally they brush off rumours.
It needs a certain set of circumstances for this to be an issue, but the software glitch not being fixed seems a lax move right now.
A much higher number of planes have seen this issue and it is lucky only two have crashed
Indeed. There's clearly something there that needs investigation. Just wanted to try and keep things in perspective for anyone flying soon (mainly me!)
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country."
Indeed. There's clearly something there that needs investigation. Just wanted to try and keep things in perspective for anyone flying soon (mainly me!)
I fly most weeks, these are the newest Boeing planes and the likelihood of you being on one is pretty low in Europe as of now anyway unless flying Norwegian air or Aer Lingus, but you can easily find out beforehand.
I fly most weeks, these are the newest Boeing planes and the likelihood of you being on one is pretty low in Europe as of now anyway unless flying Norwegian air or Aer Lingus, but you can easily find out beforehand.
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I fly mainly internally in the US. Often on CRJ aircraft. Sometimes feel like going full Mr T before getting on those.
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country."
Indeed. There's clearly something there that needs investigation. Just wanted to try and keep things in perspective for anyone flying soon (mainly me!)
According to a BBC news item this morning there is apparently an override switch on the cockpit control panel - the problem is that some pilots are not sufficiently trained to remember it is there because it is so rarely used. It will be interesting to hear what the flight recorders throw up.