cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33032120
Fuel to Air India Plane Was Cut Off Before Crash, Report Says
It appears that that Air India crash might have been caused by Pilot Error. While it’s still early to be conclusive the black boxes do seem to confirm that there were no mechanical issues and that the fuel was cut off and caught the attention of the pilots.
The captain had 10,000 hours and the first officer had 3,400.
Sure it could have been an honest mistake but that’s a lot of flight time under both their belts AND it was a Boeing and we all know their plane track record and what happens to whistleblowers.
I’m really inclined to believe that it’s the planes fault somehow. Especially considering that the voice recorder picked up both Pilots noticing the fuel had been cut off.
I think someone else on this thread mentioned something about the Ethiopian Pilots being blamed for the 737 crash due to MCAS. Which is really crazy because that was the only group that actually followed the relative bullet point in case that exact issue happened and they just could not turn it around.
You notice what airplanes we haven’t talked about falling from the sky? Airbus.
Airbus has a weird issue that they haven’t addressed where the pilot/copilot sticks don’t give feedback to each other and it’s definitely been a factor in a few crashes.
In a reasonable world though at least a few Boeing executives would have been executived.
Hmm good point. Last I checked didn’t they fix this by creating a better alerting system and vibrating the sticks if both are engaged?
Still there record looking much much better then Boeing at this point.