Originally Posted by
derjodel
thanks, under mechanical failure it might indeed make sense.
but when pilots disagree (not uncommon in recent crashes!), it reduces the chances of survival from 50% (stronger wins) to 0% (no one wins)
seems like a design flaw to me. Final report might be interesting.
every transport category aircraft I’ve ever flown has some sort of elevator break away system installed. 4 different airplanes by 2 different manufacturers had this. A design flaw?????