Boeing says it has corrected simulator software of 737 MAX jets
Source: Reuters
Business News
May 17, 2019 / 9:51 PM / Updated 2 hours ago
(Reuters) - Boeing Co has made corrections to simulator software that mimics the flying experience of its 737 MAX jets, which were involved in two fatal crashes, and the company has provided additional information to device operators, a spokesman said on Friday.
The spokesman, Gordon Johndroe, said the changes will ensure that the simulator experience is representative across different flight conditions and will improve the simulation of force loads on the manual trim wheel that helps control the airplane.
The comments came after the New York Times on Friday reported that Boeing recently discovered that the flight simulators airlines use to train pilots could not adequately replicate conditions that played a role in the 737 MAX crashes.
Boeing is working closely with the device manufacturers and regulators on these changes and improvements, and to ensure that customer training is not disrupted, Johndroe said.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-airplane-boeing/boeing-says-it-has-corrected-simulator-software-of-737-max-jets-idUSKCN1SO01T
dem4decades
(11,300 posts)PSPS
(13,608 posts)SunSeeker
(51,621 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
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dalton99a
(81,564 posts)I_have_had_enough
(41 posts)*snicker
oasis
(49,395 posts)Maxheader
(4,373 posts)Had no idea how heavy until I worked for other aircraft corps...sikorski, airheadbus, cessna..
No comparison..and that's just the structural side..everything else, flight safety..systems etc.
were just as regulated...And the aircraft longevity and safety records, were testimony all these "rules".
paid off.
To see all these issues...large and obvious misses..Simulator doesn't action into the problems of the downed
aircraft..? Geeze...
whistler162
(11,155 posts)6 months or so put the Board of Director's and the Heads of all departments on the flight. Then we might think it is fixed.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)Probably the most thoroughly tested flight software in years,
IronLionZion
(45,491 posts)Angleae
(4,491 posts)That plane is too new for anyone to have a large inventory.
IronLionZion
(45,491 posts)https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47523468
Southwest famously uses only Boeing 737 planes, to reduce maintenance costs. You're right that they only have about 34 MAX currently. They have another 281 MAX planes ordered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_737_MAX_orders_and_deliveries
Angleae
(4,491 posts)Response to turbinetree (Original post)
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NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Delphinus
(11,840 posts)next flight? I sure wouldn't.
rickford66
(5,528 posts)Keeping the sim current to the fleet would be the standard procedure, unless the sim was built to a different tail number than the two that crashed. I've worked on sims for Boeing aircraft and there were always slight differences between tail numbers and each sim is built to the specs of a particular tail number. Occasionally when the airline crew questioned something on our sims, they would have someone check that particular tail number for confirmation. My ex-workmates and me figured they'd immediately be duplicating the crash scenarios. Actually, this whole problem should never have happened. If the data supplied to the sim manufacturer and the avionics had current s/w, an AOA malf would have exposed this before aircraft production. This could be a case where changes to the airdata computers were made on the aircraft without sim updates and testing. The FAA may have let this slide ?
Aussie105
(5,415 posts)They fixed the simulators. Well done! I'd be happy to go up in one - a simulator, that is.
Now, fix the actual MAX planes already.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Aussie105
(5,415 posts)Flight manuals? Is this still a thing?
Unlike a workshop manual for a car, you can't just park for 10 or 20 minutes to look something up, something you don't understand how it works, but you know it's not working right . . .
Must be better things to do when you are driving a MAX plummeting out of control than to read a 1,600 page manual.
How about a onboard database, type in a search phrase, up comes info on what is does, how to switch it off if it stuffs up.
How hard can it be? Maybe WikiPedia can help? Google?