alt Hacker NewsStill a lot of software involved in controlling the aircraft. The 737 Max incidents were eventually tracked to software quality issues, IIRC. All those old designs are being upgraded with modern avionics, so even if the airframe and linkages are old-school, the inputs are being driven by digital computers. At least that’s my understanding. I confess to not being a “plane guy,” though I have spent a lot of time traveling in planes, and I have stayed at a few Holiday Inn Express hotels.
The MAX issues are not software.
The plane is fundamentally unstable because of the huge engines (which they have to improve fuel efficiency).
The only way to correct that is software with an angle of attack sensor.
They only installed one sensor though.
Does that sound like a software error or a fundamental physical design flaw?