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tfan
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 Posted: 03/12/19 8:05 pm ::: Boeing 737 Max 8 |
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Boeing 737 Max 8 pilots complained of suspected safety flaw months before Ethiopian Airlines crash
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| Pilots repeatedly voiced safety concerns about the Boeing 737 Max 8 to federal authorities, with one captain calling the flight manual “inadequate and almost criminally insufficient” several months before Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people, an investigation by the Dallas Morning News found. |
Boeing to Make Key Change in 737 MAX Cockpit Software
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| The change was prompted by preliminary results from the Indonesian crash investigation indicating that erroneous data from a single sensor, which measures the angle of the plane’s nose, caused the stall-prevention system to misfire. Then, a series of events put the aircraft into a dangerous dive. |
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tfan
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| Posted: 03/13/19 3:59 pm ::: |
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US to ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 9 jets in wake of crash
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On March 11, Boeing announced that the company "has been developing a flight control software enhancement for the 737 MAX, designed to make an already safe aircraft even safer."
The update seeks to correct what may have been the root cause of the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia last October—the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System's (MCAS') reliance on a single sensor to determine whether the aircraft is entering a stall. But according to a WSJ report, that fix was delayed because the FAA shutdown interrupted the approval process. |
I believe the USA was the last country to ban flights of the 737 MAX jets.
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| Posted: 03/29/19 12:21 pm ::: |
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The emerging 737 MAX scandal, explained
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| The specifics of what happened in the regulatory system are still emerging (and despite executives’ assurances we don’t even really know what happened on the flights yet). But the big picture is coming into view: A major employer faced a major financial threat, and short-term politics and greed won out over the integrity of the regulatory system. It’s a scandal. |
Congress holds fiery hearings on Boeing 737 Max 8 approval
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| Senator Markey asked him, "Do you believe Boeing's practice of selling the Angle of Attack Indicator and warming lights as separate optional features may have contributed to the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes? Yes or no." |
The response appeared to duck the question about the fault indicator light (an $80,000 optional feature) and instead respond to the Angle of Attack system:
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| Elwell said, "The AOA is not an optional piece on the airplane. We look at a certification process that we've using for decades, that we've refined over 130 times, is geared toward one thing, the safest possible aircraft --" |
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