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Howard in reply to @Fox

After the Lion Air crash the Ethiopian pilots would almost certainly have been aware of the MCAS feature and should have been aware of how to disable the system.

Then you get in to the Air France problem in that there's a chance that the pilots will not diagnose correctly in the limited time they have.

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Fox in reply to @Howard

Good NYT article on what the Lion Air pilots could possibly have done to avoid that crash here:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/16/world/asia/lion-air-crash-cockpit.html

If you look at the altitude graph I don't think I'd fancy my chances of correctly diagnosing the problem and dealing with it as the aircraft plunged rapidly towards the sea...

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Howard in reply to @Fox

Isn't there just something really curious about the Stabalizer trim being manually controlled by a pair of cables running the length of the plane and in to the cockpit?

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