<story><title>Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Investigation Preliminary Report</title><url>http://www.ecaa.gov.et/documents/20435/0/Preliminary+Report+B737-800MAX+%2C%28ET-AVJ%29.pdf/4c65422d-5e4f-4689-9c58-d7af1ee17f3e</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Rooster61</author><text>&amp;gt; The  crew  performed  runaway  stabilizer  checklist  and  put  the  stab  trim  cutout  switch  to cutout position and confirmed that the manual trim operation was not working.&lt;p&gt;This is very damning to Boeing. It&amp;#x27;s precisely the procedure they prescribed and intended to mitigate possible MCAS caused trim runaway. In light of the fact that they put this in place as a justification for moving the engines forward without reclassifying the plane, I don&amp;#x27;t see how they can get around fault here.&lt;p&gt;What a tragedy.&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#x27;t imagine the emotion those pilots must have felt after attempting to do exactly what they were told to do to keep the aircraft in the air, only to have the nose lurch back downwards. Godspeed, gentlemen. It wasn&amp;#x27;t your fault.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fgonzag</author><text>This means that Boeing is now 100% liable for the crash, as there was nothing the airline could&amp;#x27;ve done in this scenario.&lt;p&gt;It also means that the aircraft will have to be re-designed and re-classified before it ever flies again (it&amp;#x27;s now  a very clear design error, not a training or communication error)</text></comment>
<story><title>Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Investigation Preliminary Report</title><url>http://www.ecaa.gov.et/documents/20435/0/Preliminary+Report+B737-800MAX+%2C%28ET-AVJ%29.pdf/4c65422d-5e4f-4689-9c58-d7af1ee17f3e</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Rooster61</author><text>&amp;gt; The  crew  performed  runaway  stabilizer  checklist  and  put  the  stab  trim  cutout  switch  to cutout position and confirmed that the manual trim operation was not working.&lt;p&gt;This is very damning to Boeing. It&amp;#x27;s precisely the procedure they prescribed and intended to mitigate possible MCAS caused trim runaway. In light of the fact that they put this in place as a justification for moving the engines forward without reclassifying the plane, I don&amp;#x27;t see how they can get around fault here.&lt;p&gt;What a tragedy.&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#x27;t imagine the emotion those pilots must have felt after attempting to do exactly what they were told to do to keep the aircraft in the air, only to have the nose lurch back downwards. Godspeed, gentlemen. It wasn&amp;#x27;t your fault.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>smaili</author><text>Just out of curiosity, will there actually be any punishments handed out beyond just a slap on the wrist?  Or is Boeing far too large of a corp to take on?</text></comment>