Lion Air flight with 178 passenger on board crashes after taking off from Jakarta. Hope causalities are low.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south...e-missing-says
Lion Air flight with 178 passenger on board crashes after taking off from Jakarta. Hope causalities are low.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south...e-missing-says
Not a good track record:
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south...-accident-2004
even the Indo Helpers that I know off have stated they do not like flying LION or they try to stay away from flying LION if possible.
Black box and body of the aircraft have been found:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...jets-black-box
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...d92_story.html
“Boeing has now introduced two aircraft that have had significant problems,” said Henry Harteveldt, an analyst with the consultancy Atmosphere Research Group. “What will have to be found is, is Boeing pushing itself too hard? Are the workers moving too fast to meet production deadlines?”Still, Teal Group aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia said the commercial passengers should not be nervous about getting on a 737 Max 8.
Hmmm not going good for Lion Air luckily this time the crash happened on the way to the runway.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se...y-damages-wing
https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-...ers-1542082575
The automated stall-prevention system on Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 models—intended to help cockpit crews avoid mistakenly raising a plane’s nose dangerously high—under unusual conditions can push it down unexpectedly and so strongly that flight crews can’t pull it back up... can result in a steep dive or crash—even if pilots are manually flying the jetliner and don’t expect flight-control computers to kick in.“We’re pissed that Boeing didn’t tell the companies and the pilots didn’t get notice obviously, as well,” said Capt. Jon Weaks, president of Southwest Airlines Co.’s pilot union. “But what we need now is...to make sure there is nothing else Boeing has not told the companies or the pilots.”Boeing is working on a software fix, according to industry and government officials, that would likely mitigate risks.