Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Vox" channel.

  1. The first Americans to fertilise Mars.
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  2. The legendary company tried to use a software to make up for a modification that made the aircraft ineherently unsafe, (after a certain angle of attack the aircraft is no more naturally stable, since the lift provided by the engines tend to lift the nose more), then linked a system that's potentially lethal (it can trim the tail completely down and at that point nothing the pilot could do with the stick can override it) to a single sensor, of two existing, creating a potential single point of failure, then sold a warning system that informs the pilots that the two inclinometers are giving different lectures (not a system that shut off the MCAS, only a system that warns the pilot of the potential source of the problem) as an 80.000$ optional.
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  3. It would have needed an extensive redesign of the fuselage, and so a brand new FAA approval process.
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  4. Actually what they'll pay for compensation is a lot less than what's 6 months of 737-MAX production (the minimum time required to reengineer the undercarriage) worth.
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  5. Yeah. The stall problem only happens at very high angles of attack, when the engines, due to their size and shape, add lift.
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