Originally Posted by
hans brinker
We don't know about Ethiopian, but I am convinced Lion Air is directly caused by faulty AOA info to MCAS. Should the pilots have been able to recover like the ones did the day before? Probably/absolutely, but that doesn't change that the MCAS design is a major problem.
You are likely correct about Lion, but it is yet to be confirmed. There were flight control issues on that aircraft prior to the ineffective (unwarranted?) replacement of the AoA vane.