Originally Posted by L39 Guy
The overriding issue with both Lion Air and Ethiopean is why they could not manage the aircraft whereas, as it has been reported earlier in this thread (about 4,000 posts ago) that this same event happened at least five times with US carriers and they all managed to safely gain control of the aircraft and land safely.
No they didn't. The reports of dodgy Max behaviour were from the ASRS about the autopilot diving
after it was were engaged.
If there had been any other MCAS events that had been handled well by Americans, Boeing would have been screaming about them from the rooftops.