Ethiopian Airlines crash



Wonder if the orange one has been onto Teresa May to get her to change her mind.

I was reading the later posts in this thread and was wondering if the Americans are losing their influence around the world. Can't help thinking in previous years they would have twisted a few arms to keep the aircraft flying.
 
Not saying this is in any way related to the reason but just seen the pilot was 28.

That is exceptionally young to be piloting a commercial airliner and it's pure logic that in the case of an emergency would have been less experienced then most pilots.

Not saying it's related to the cause but surprised someone so young had ultimate responsibility.
 
Got 3 flights in a week to get home, one is a 737-800 :neutral:

Edit- just looking through the thread, this is the old style aye?

No problem with the -800. It's the new 737-MAX family that have the engines in a different place in relation to the wing, thus heightening the risk of a stall, which Boeing addressed with software to override the pilots in certain situations.

737s in general are still exceptionally reliable planes. But there's a design flaw in these new ones, and Boeing decided to work around it rather than go back to the drawing board.

Not saying this is in any way related to the reason but just seen the pilot was 28.

That is exceptionally young to be piloting a commercial airliner and it's pure logic that in the case of an emergency would have been less experienced then most pilots.

Not saying it's related to the cause but surprised someone so young had ultimate responsibility.

Ethiopia is a very challenging flying environment (mountains, thermals, dust storms, unpaved runways), and the airline's pilot's usual accumulate plenty of hours flying domestically before they graduate to the - mostly - easier international routes. I knew an American who was head of training for Ethiopian, and he reckoned that they had some of the best pilots in the world.
 
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Not saying this is in any way related to the reason but just seen the pilot was 28.

That is exceptionally young to be piloting a commercial airliner and it's pure logic that in the case of an emergency would have been less experienced then most pilots.

Not saying it's related to the cause but surprised someone so young had ultimate responsibility.
I've seen it mentioned that he had 8,000 flying hours under his belt.
 
I've seen it mentioned that he had 8,000 flying hours under his belt.

That's not much though is it?

Maybe I'm assuming here but if something goes wrong is someone that age and with that amount of experience going to react with the same calm and diligence as someone with considerably more flying hours and more maturity.

I don't know. But whilst issues can always happen they often say that it's how the flight crew react that can make the difference.
 
If the plane went vertical into the ground that's horrific. Pilots are trained to jut "fly the plane" if things start going wrong until they can land as safely as possible. Maybe they weren't even able to do that on this occasion. Such as the plane fighting them and being unresponsive. As usual, the black boxes will tell the chilling story. Do we know the reason for the previous 737 MAX crash now?
 
737s in general are still exceptionally reliable planes. But there's a design flaw in these new ones, and Boeing decided to work around it rather than go back to the drawing board
Read that the Lion Air crash was caused by a "faulty" angle of attack sensor which was "anticipating" a stall and thus put the plane into a dive to increase the speed and prevent a stall
 

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