Originally Posted by
GordonR_Cape
airman1900
I'm not sure if the article is poorly written, but that sentence sounds exactly like the bad old MCAS to me (a computer programmer). If a faulty AOA sensor keeps returning +20 degrees, what stops MCAS from repeatedly triggering? What if two stalls follow in close sequence, is each a separate event? More questions than answers about those specific details, including the AOA sensor validation algorithm.
Yupe, if the reporter was right [doubt it...], it would be another infinite loop to the end of jackscrew...