Plane crash

[sadkingbilly]

Because, among these anonymous people, there may be some who knew people who have died in that plane crash.

I knew a guy who died on MH17. I also knew a young lady who may well have died in the Lockerbie bombing. (It turned out she changed her flights).

I was on the train immediately in front of the one which was bombed at aldgate on 7/7, and assisted in evacuation until emergency services arrived, but I don't bleat about it on here.

bunch of jessie's.

[NotAllThere]

I was on the train immediately in front of the one which was bombed at aldgate on 7/7, and assisted in evacuation until emergency services arrived, but I don't bleat about it on here.

bunch of jessie's.

Nobody was bleating. You were asking why Sue Ellen asked people to be nice to people. I've given you an answer. You seem to have difficulty understanding it.

[sadkingbilly]

Nobody was bleating.

aye, right.

[NotAllThere]

aye, right.

Fair enough. Only sadkingbilly was bleating about something he imagined was happening. I.e. bleating! Not the London Bombing. I was working for Nestlé at the time in Vevey. Management were oblivious to the fact that a significant minority of their workforce had family in London and were rather more concerned about that than going to the yawnfest of the group meeting.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

It's a Boeing Dreamliner using single sensors and single point of control software to save money unlike Airbus using multiple sensors and a voting system with different programs.

You seem to have mixed up 787 and 737 Max

[DoctorStrangelove]

Prelim report says that both Fuel Cutoff Switches were set to "Cutoff".

[xoggoth]

Seems odd that the system would allow fuel cutoff while in flight.

[Andy2022]

Seems odd that the system would allow fuel cutoff while in flight.

If there’s an engine fire then fuel needs to be cut off even in flight, but believe there’s supposed to be a guard / lock to stop it being done accidentally

[Paddy]

If there’s an engine fire then fuel needs to be cut off even in flight, but believe there’s supposed to be a guard / lock to stop it being done accidentally

Is the switch hard wired or does it go via a computer?

[DoctorStrangelove]

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sc...le69803291.ece

The switches are guarded by brackets and feature a spring-loaded locking mechanism. To move a switch from RUN to CUTOFF, a pilot must lift the switch over a metal stop before sliding it. This design is provided to make accidental activation more unlikely.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/air-in...ches-1.7583682

According to the flight recorder, a few seconds after takeoff, switches for both engines transitioned to cutoff from run one after the other with a time gap of one second. As a result, the engines began to lose power.

One pilot was heard on the cockpit voice recorder asking the other why he cut off the fuel. "The other pilot responded that he did not do so," the report said.

Seconds later, the switches flipped back to run, according to the preliminary report, which also noted that both fuel control switches were found in the run position at the crash site.

https://geremy.co.uk/Boeing-747/757/...Control-Switch