Ethiopian airliner down in Africa

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Originally Posted by CONSO

and some more data

https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/20...37-max/584791/


https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/overview/database.html

Two cases where the aircraft pointed down just after AP engagement, and crew were aware that the augmentation system was only active with flaps 0 and no AP. Couldn't figure out a setup problem with the AP in either case.

So why did they report to the anonymous NASA system and not to their airline and the FAA to have the QAR pulled right away and conserve date?