The preliminary conclusion, based on the information from the olycksplanets black boxes, indicates that there is an automated control system has failed. Also, the data from the crash of the same type of aircraft in Indonesia last year have been reviewed.
here the touch is called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) and are included in the flight control system. It enters in and takes over the steering when it gets signals that the plane has low speed and if the pilots don't acknowledge, that is to say, follow the checklist available. The system reduces then the plane's nose automatically so that the aircraft drops and the speed increases.
Boeing would not comment on the Wall Street Journal's data without referring to the investigations are still ongoing.
a Total of 346 people lost their lives in the two flygolyckorna.
Flygplansmodellen 737 Max 8 has after the accident in Ethiopia, stopped in almost the entire world. Haverikommissioner investigating the cause of the two events.
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