Partially true. Better pilots may have realized there was a trim problem and disabled the automatic trim (switch behind the trim wheels) and manually trimmed out the plane. Kind of curious that the crashes occurred with airlines from 3rd world countries. This is not to suggest that Boeing is without fault.
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Originally Posted by collie1228
That may be true, but their lack of training didn't cause the accidents. Boeing designed and installed a system (MCAS) that would automatically push the plane's nose down if the system detected a possible stall. And they designed a single point of failure system, which is a giant no-no in the aeronautics business. And to make things even worse, they never mentioned this system in the plane's documentation nor required any special training for pilots. The sensor failed in both cases, the planes detected a stall that wasn't there, and the planes MCAS systems continued to push the nose down over and over again, completely overwhelming the pilots. Boeing also had a corporate culture that was punishing to whistle blowers, at the same time that Boeing executives were involved in cozy relationships with the FAA regulators, who were supposed to be looking over Boeing's shoulder as they designed such systems. This was a major fiasco, not caused by anything done or not done by the pilots.
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