Movement of pilot's seat a focus of probe into Latam Boeing flight, report says

The page Reuters links to is a good read also.<p>“While the precise details of the incident are not fully known, there is ample historical precedent for unintentional in-flight upsets or electrical issues. In 2014, a digital SLR camera became jammed between the left arm rest and the base of the side stick of a Royal Air Force A330 tanker causing a 4,400 foot loss in altitude and a maximum recorded descent rate of 15,000 feet per minute. The left seat was being moved “at the onset of the event,” according to investigators.In separate 2019 and 2020 incidents, drinks spilled on an A350 radio panel caused the shutdown of one of its Trent XWB engines prompting a redesign of part of the center pedestal that sits between the pilots.“<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theaircurrent.com&#x2F;feed&#x2F;dispatches&#x2F;pilot-seat-movement-at-center-of-latam-787-9-dive-investigation&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theaircurrent.com&#x2F;feed&#x2F;dispatches&#x2F;pilot-seat-movemen...</a>

Just a reminder &#x2F; plea: please wait for the investigation and report before theorising about what happened, what is wrong, how that can be, allocating blame, etc. There will eventually be a full report with real facts and lots of details. At this point, it&#x27;s too early to connect any dots.

I&#x27;m no expert, but it seems quite concerning that something as simple as a seat movement might not be sufficiently isolated from flight systems to prevent an electrical short.

In small trainer planes, the seat gets moved back and forth frequently to accommodate students of different heights.<p>At least one crash has been caused by the seat rails becoming so worn that the seat slid back during takeoff and the pilot could no longer reach the controls.<p>The same thing can happen in old cars.

So what could it be this “seat movement” in layman term? The pilot was screwing a stewardess on the seat and inadvertently jerked the joystick causing the plane to nosediving??