Comment by unyttigfjelltol
2 days ago
In that case, it could be true both that neither pilot manipulated the switch and that the system recorded a dual fuel cutoff.
2 days ago
In that case, it could be true both that neither pilot manipulated the switch and that the system recorded a dual fuel cutoff.
Then why do we see the pilots notice the cutoff, move the switches back, and the engines respond as expected? The switched cannot move themselves. We’d expect to hear more commentary and confusion if the cutoff was active and the switches still in Run.
There would have likely been an indication on the glass cockpit displays that the fuel had been cut off, perhaps the pilot flying noticed this and asked the captain.
Yes, there is, but the reaction to that would be to look at the position the cutoff switches were in. We didn’t hear “wtf, they’re in Run” - the report says they just moved them from Cutoff to Run and the engines responded as expected.
I think you have to really reach to make this not pilot error. I know it’s appealing to call this a Boeing problem, but the evidence just from this prelim report is very compelling.
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