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sleek:
Anyone know what the heck is going on with the 737 max? Having airplanes crash that I help build is getting old.

Pat B:
Seems like a software glitch but that's just a guess.

rebsr52339:
Sleek, you are not to worry about your integration into the assembly procedure. That process started long before you entered the equation. As a retired Aeronautical Engr. I had many sleepless nights during the 60s and 70s. The thought that a small thing as a micro switch or an explosive bolt failing at launch along with a host of other minor things that could go wrong, was always on the table and of great concern. In the “old days”, the threshold for safety where human life was concerned was a clear 10X. If you tested something 5 times and it worked, that was good. If human life was involved test it a minimum of 10 times. I remember Von Braun saying one time. Gentlemen we will make ALL the mistakes here on the ground, not up there. They will find the answer. Shame people had to die.  :'(

sleek:
It weighs heavy still.

jeffp51:
It sounds to me like a software glitch.  I think this is a common problem in our day-that we trust too much in technology, not in human training and judgement.  From what I have read the computer thought the nose was pitching too high and forced the nose down to avoid a stall, but the ground avoidance radar thought the plane was too low and tried to pitch the plane up--never mind what the actual pilot wanted.

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