Update 7 The offset was 60 degrees between the two AOA sensors in the case of Ethiopian Air after an incident during take off? Bird strike? Plus the following… MTBF…
Swiss cheese. You hear that a lot in systems design and engineering. It is often not possible to fail safe a system with 100% certainty. Especially true when there is…
An Exclusive by Seattle times reporter Dominic Gates has detailed some of the lapses in the design of the Boing 737Max8 MCAS control algorithm. EXCLUSIVE: Flawed analysis, failed oversight.How Boeing…
Who is really incharge of the Boeing 737 Max investigation?
March 17, 2019
March 17, 2019
Shaker Cherukuri
By: Shaker Cherukuri
Root Cause Analysis, Safety and Security
Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX 8, DOJ, FAA, NTSB, USDOT
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Update: DOJ & US Department of transportation has launched an investigation into FAA’s approval of Boeing 737 Max airliner. Federal prosecutors and Department of Transportation officials are scrutinizing the development of…
Updated. Reuters aviation reporter Jamie Freed has published an exclusive based on a source involved in the Ethiopan Airlines ET302 investigation being assisted by BEA in France. How did the…
It has happened again. Another catastrophic crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 albeit with a different airline. The MCAS feature is like those garage door sensors. Trying to mitigate…
I have been following this incident since October 2018. Reading and commenting on articles in New York Times and Wall Street Journal using Twitter thread to sort of catalog my…
Time to Regulate the Autonomous Vehicles and Ride Share
October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018
Shaker Cherukuri
By: Shaker Cherukuri
Autonomous, Regulatory Issues, US
Autonomous Cars, Ride Share, Smart Infrastructure
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It is time to regulate the autonomous vehicle and autonomous ride share services space. Similar to the regulations we have in the healthcare space via FDA. Perhaps even more critical…
Why am I cancelling my Tesla Model 3 Reservation?
August 31, 2018
August 31, 2018
Shaker Cherukuri
By: Shaker Cherukuri
Culture
Elon Musk, Model 3, Tesla
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I ordered my Tesla Model 3 on December 27, 2017 after all the initial order rush was over. The email said Delivery estimate was mid 2018. I didn’t believe…
Whole Foods HealthCare?
January 30, 2018
January 30, 2018
Shaker Cherukuri
By: Shaker Cherukuri
Health Care, US
Amazon, AWS, Berkshire, Health Care, JPMorgan Chase, Whole Foods
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Well folks, someone had to take this on. So why not a consortium of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan Chase to try to figure out and tackle the intractable…