Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1990s
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#2That was a surprisingly interesting read. I have to admit I was skeptical just because it was hosted on imgur, but both the images/text paint an interesting picture worthy of discussion.
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#3That was harrowing... I feel like there should be quite a few Boeing executives in prison for life because of this.
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#4That was a surprisingly interesting read. I have to admit I was skeptical just because it was hosted on imgur, but both the images/text paint an interesting picture worthy of discussion.
If you want to read more, this is from a series on the subreddit /r/catastrophicfailure, written by Admiral_Cloudberg: https://www.reddit.com/user/Admiral_Cloudberg
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#5FWIW the rudder hardover described in this very interesting link doesn't appear to be related to the Max 8 issues near MCAS.
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#6"Pilots continued to report problems with the rudder on the 737, however. No one was keeping track"
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#7Can't you just stop buying airplanes from them?
Edit: Do the downvoters also want to throw the executives in jail for life?
Re: Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1990s
#8FWIW the rudder hardover described in this very interesting link doesn't appear to be related to the Max 8 issues near MCAS.
Correct. Not to play psychic, but I'm assuming the original poster chose to share this as a friendly reminder that as a general rule, Boeing does not have a track record of placing human lives above their continued corporate profitability.
"If Boeing knew about a problem with the MCAS, they'd have told the FAA and corrected it" is not a hypothesis in-line with their past behavior, should anyone be holding that hypothesis in their minds.
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#9Wow. The quote from Capt Ray Miller is particularly telling:
“I have been told by my company . . . that the FAA and Boeing (were) aware of the problems with the spurious rudder inputs but considered them to be more of a nuisance problem than a flight safety issue. I was informed, that so far as everyone was concerned, the rudder hardovers were a problem but that the `industry' felt the losses would be in the acceptable range. I was being mollified into thinking the incident did not happen, and for the `greater good' it would be best not to pursue the matter. In other words I am expendable as are the passengers I am responsible for, because for liability reasons the FAA, Boeing et al cannot retroactively redesign the rudder mechanisms to improve their reliability."
And this was after the fault had not just caused in-flight emergencies, but had already killed people...
Re: Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1990s
#10That was a surprisingly interesting read. I have to admit I was skeptical just because it was hosted on imgur, but both the images/text paint an interesting picture worthy of discussion.
The author has posted many of these, all on imgur.