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28024 Re: 'Jackscrew' Found At Ethiopian Crash Site Confirms Boeing 737 Max Was Set To Dive
   [b]I'm a bit surprised that the trim can be set to "dive". "Descend,"... 		nacl01   POPE 5   17 Mar 2019
 2:25 AM
28012 DECOMPOSED (or do you want to be called Jackscrew now?) 'Jackscrew' Found At Ethiopian Crash Site Confirms Boeing 737 Max Was Set To Dive
   I'm a bit surprised that the trim can be set to "dive".... 		kathy_s16   POPE 5   17 Mar 2019
 1:37 AM

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Re: 'Jackscrew' Found At Ethiopian Crash Site Confirms Boeing 737 Max Was Set To Dive

By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Sun, 17 Mar 19 1:21 AM
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nacl01:

Re: "With the plane trimmed full nose-down it would be very hard to pull against it."That explanation makes sense. Thank you! I'm a bit surprised that the trim can be set to "dive". "Descend," yes. But "dive"? That sounds a bit extreme. In fact, I'd think that if the updrafts were so great that they had to be countered with a "dive" that control of the plane would be returned automatically to the pilot. But I'm no plane designer and I don't know what pilots might actually need. Or maybe that is how it works but it malfunctioned.


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