Originally Posted by
calypso
Three crews managed the above but the fourth got overwhelmed in the Lion Air case. The Ethiopian on the face of it looks quite similar but there isn't enough data yet to even have a guess. A bit of a mess but where I tend to agree with Boeing is in which way is this any different from a classic runaway stabiliser? Ok there is more distractions going on but bottom line is if the stabiliser starts to run and you dont get on those disconnect switches soon enough you will end up in the same place.
Two crashes and 3 near crashes, that means that only above average (or more lucky) pilots can avoid a crash after a single AOA sensor failure...
It would be interesting to know whether the MCAS ever was activated and avoided a stall in nominal conditions
