A pilot friend of mine has seen this. He thinks it could be an issue with the Autopilot. He didn't elaborate.
The autopilot isn't activated on take off?
A pilot friend of mine has seen this. He thinks it could be an issue with the Autopilot. He didn't elaborate.
The autopilot isn't activated on take off?
Some pilots turn the auto pilot on soon after takeoff. If this aircraft had just taken off, odds are low the autopilot was on, although it is possible. However if the autopilot is malfunctioning, the pilots can turn it off.
I don't know if you guys remember, but years ago 737s had some issues with rudder hardovers resulting in at least 2 crashes (Denver, Pittsburg). That was not an autopilot issue, but a hydraulic issue. There could be a mechanical malfunction, but as far as I remember none of them have involved driving the aircraft into a nose high stall.
I can't remember the exact accident or exactly what happened, but there was one accident where the jack screw malfunctioned which put the plane into a position the pilots couldn't get out of and crashed.
Its a tragic event and the causes of such crashes are doubtless many and complex. Whats required is careful attention to detail.
Sometimes small things slip by even the most careful observers as evidenced by the fact that in three pages no one has commented on the fact that the headline misspells 'Boeing' as 'Boing'!