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Because Boeing were on such a good streak already...

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which, as we know, is not supposed to happen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't it built so that the nose wheel wouldn't fall off?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That design choice was revolutionary at the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't know where to put it but here's about MCAS anyway, the cost-cutting system meant to keep Boeing in the game, but also took over flight controls sometimes and nose dived planes straight into the ground, causing hundreds (some say thousands!) of fatalities:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneuvering_Characteristics_Augmentation_System