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Movement of pilot's seat a focus of probe into Latam Boeing flight, report says

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Re: Movement of pilot's seat a focus of probe into Latam Boeing flight, report says

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Post by sio8ohPi » Thu, Mar 14, 2024, 5:50 PM UTC

t0mas88 wrote: post #9

sinuhe69 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but how could it relate to the nosediving by just adjusting the seat?

In smaller planes with mechanical adjustable seats instead of electrical there have been several accidents due to the seat moving unexpectedly. So much that the FAA has made regular inspection of the seat rails mandatory for a long list of Cessna models: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/11/08/2010-28...

Typically this happens during take-off when rotating. This particular failure mode doesn't make much sense for an airliner in cruise.

Re: Movement of pilot's seat a focus of probe into Latam Boeing flight, report says

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Post by Dylan16807 » Thu, Mar 14, 2024, 8:02 PM UTC

afiori wrote: post #17

Dylan16807 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you don't want theorizing, is there anything meaningful to post? Is that a way of saying the story shouldn't have been submitted at all?

discussing the broad concept of safety is different from theorizing/speculating about the specific case.

This is a very particular article to discuss the broad concept of safety about piloting planes.

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