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Sounding, dont sync, the captain disconnected auto pilot and pitched into a claim. the remainder of the flight was uneventful. we discussed the departure at month and i reviewed the setup and flight profile but cant think of any reason the aircraft would pitch nose down so aggressively. thats from a first officer. here is another one. this one is from an american captain this time from the pilot. reporting on a domestic flight in the united states, again sometime in november of 2018 and this cap...

Systems in that plane basically takes over and pulls the nose down. here is one from a first officer. so from basically the co-pilot of a boeing 737 max. this is a u.s. flight that happened sometime in november 2018. quote, day three of three departing in a max 8 after a long overnight, i was well rested. on departure we had strong cross winds directly off the right wing. the aircraft accelerated normally and the captain engaged the a auto pilot after reaching set speed. within two to three seco...

Disconnected the autopilot and pitched into a climb. the remainder of the flight was uneventful. i reviewed in my mind the automation setup and flight profile, but cant think of any reason the aircraft would pitch nose down so aggressively. thats from a first officer. heres another one. this was from an american captain this time from the pilot reporting on a domestic flight in the united states. again, some time in november 2018. this captain describes a remarkably similar circumstances. after ...

This. our review shows no systemic performance issues and provides no basis to order grounding of the aircraft. nor have other civil aviation authorities provided data that would tell us it would warrant such action. the agency went on to say, it will act quickly if it identifies any issues affecting air worthiness. but now "the new york times" reports that in november, at least two pilots raised concerns about the noses of their planes dipping after engaging auto pilot. this according to a fede...

The data is going to be coming in and then we can make a decision. the faa will make a decision and do it in the interest of the public. >> sandra: that is going to take quite some time to come. >> in we should have most all of data in 48 hours. certainly have more in 24 hours. >> sandra: including the black box and cockpit recorder? >> what they are going to go through is pull all of that information and develop a flight profile and also listen to the flight recorder but we have a whole lot mor...

Problem, the navy pulls the equipment out and brings it here. >> each component of this system is evaluated for its own performance. the lab will put all of them together to see how it did as a system. >> they can replicate the exact flight profile where a problem was reported to determine what went wrong with the system. >> so this chamber is the simulated cockpit. so this chamber would be the pressurized portion of the aircraft. this chamber, as youd can see, has two breathing simulators, mech...

Another. what effectively happened pilots put the aircraft into catastrophic storm, lots of lift over the wing and the aircraft descended into the sea. >> not knowing the information was wrong because it was frozen over. >> they werent aware what was going on in the cockpit. when we talk of this notion of the crew being unaware incapacitated may be one, but also an interesting case study of a flight profile they werent aware of because of automated systems. >> correct me if i am wrong, that case...

One i think will be resolved fairly quickly, because they have found the data box, and theres no reason why they shouldnt find the voice recorder. once we have typically the voice recorder, we know the flight profile, then the only question remains is what system may have failed or what would have incapacitated those pilots. theres a number of theories floating around but until we get our hands on the facts, we wont really know. >> captain rollins, stay with me. steve wallace, thanks for your ti...

Close enough to hear them at this point but were predicting that by mid next week youll see them switch operations, reel in the towed pinger locator and go to the underwater submersibles, the bluefin. >> the bluefin-21. how fragile is that equipment given the nature of the water? its going to be going down two, three, maybe four miles. >> well, its built to withstand the pressures at depths, but its not built to ram into rocks. there is a need to understand whats on the bottom before you put thi...

Kind of pitiful three weeks in to be at this stage of the investigation. the investigation finally getting organized, the international rules applying. but, boy, what a loss of potential time, let alone the anguish of the families waiting and turning on every aspect of this. >> plenty of criticism to go around. can i ask you, though, this report of 40-some-odd,000 feet in the air, is the 777 definitely able to fly at that altitude? ive heard conflicting reports. >> i think when they said 45, tha...