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The new system (MCAS) was not intended to take action in normal flight. It was intended the trim in certain scenarios (roughly high AoA + steep turn + high g +
by twtw 8y ago
The new system (MCAS) was not intended to take action in normal flight. It was intended the trim in certain scenarios (roughly high AoA + steep turn + high g + near stall), but on lion air 610 the AoA sensor was malfunctioning, which caused MCAS to activate when it shouldn't have.