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tivert on March 12, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets

> Although if you'd realised it was a 737 MAX, you might already be clutching a medicinal gin & tonic ...

I wouldn't, haven't all the problems so far have been during takeoff? So once you're cruising you're safe from them?

tapland on March 12, 2019 | [–]

12 and 6 minutes after take-off.

dreamcompiler on March 12, 2019 | [–]

The MCAS problem cannot occur when flaps are deployed, and it happens when flaps are initially retracted. So if it hasn't happened by now, it's not going to.

JshWright on March 12, 2019 | [–]

It could also happen while resetting after a late missed approach.

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